Is there a font match for the lettering on Milwaukee Road passenger cars, e.g. “Super Dome”, “Montana”, “Cedar Rapids”… (guess what I’m working on…!) And where can I download a copy of said font, preferably free? (But I don’t think I would mind having to pay a little for a nice font…)
Try: www.railfonts. there seems to be a lot of styles and a lot of providers.
Odds are the fonts have a name. Some research on what fonts Milwaukee Road used will go a long way. For instance, IIRC, PRR liked Clarendon. I’m sure some MILW specific sites may have that information.
There are any number of sites that have fonts available cheap or free. You might even discover that you already have the font on your computer (maybe not, but you never know). Once you find the name of the font, do a search on it. Check out the “Thousands of Fonts” CD’s at your local office supply store - the font may be there, too.
I checked out this guy’s site, and his kooky licensing agreement makes UP’s look like a giveaway. To wit:
“The informal gist of the license agreement:
Please do not make illegal copies of the fonts and artwork. I have put thousands of hours in to these files and I am providing them as a service to you. If they are good enough to use, then my work should be good enough to pay for. Likewise, please purchase a license for each computer you will use the font(s) on. When you do use my work, please give credit where credit is due. See below for the details of the agreement.”
Comment: “I’m providing them as a service to you.” Yeah, and you’re charging me for that service, right?
It gets better: And sillier:
“Without additional licensing agreements, you may use the fonts and artwork derived from the font package in printed form in publications (including, but not limited to: magazines, books, and newsletters) if and only if: (1) you give credit to Benn Coifman for the font/artwork and cite “www.RailFonts.com” in every issue or document that the fonts are used. (2) For periodicals, you provide a sample issue containing the fonts to Benjamin Coifman (contact zephyr@railfonts.com for current postal address, it is different than the ordering address). (3) For books, you provide a sample copy to Benjamin Coifman (contact zephyr@railfonts.com for current postal address, it is different than the ordering address). (4) This font package may contain trademarks and the use of any such trademarks are subject to the terms outlined in the next paragraph.”
I own a publishing company and have never seen such silly parameters like demanding a user giving someone credit for a font? It’s not like he invented their look, he just took whatever letters he could find from each font and designed in the same style any that were missing. He uses the names of actual railroads to identify them, and I doubt he’s paying any rights fees. And he wants everyone who
Might try a visit here: http://www.mrha.com/index.cfm.
Obviously, he didn’t consult a copyright attorney, or at least a competent one. Just because he spent “thousands of hours” copying someone else’s work doesn’t give him rights to the designs. The rights still belong to the owners, unless he acquired them legally.
Actually, most of the fonts are probably in the public domain.