I need to make a sign for the general store i’m making
but i can’t figure out how to do white letters on a black background
on my computer
To Say " Monk’s Super Mkt"
also theres a large
“Drink Coca Cola 5 cents a bottle”
typical red and white Coca Cola logo
Sign on the side of the store
anyone know where to find one of those ?
TIA
Just print it on white paper or cardstock. If you wan’t decals, you need a very special (and very expensive!) printer - the name of which escapes me now. My [2c]
A decent inkjet printer can be used with either white paper (the prior post) or special white decal paper. Just remember, most inkjet ink is water soluble after printing so seal the paper or decal with matte spray.
I use the “Paint” program that comes with Microsoft Windows. It lets you set both background and foreground color, and select the font you want. Save the image as a BMP or JPG file. Then, I usually bring the picture into Microsoft Word (Insert-Picture-From File) to resize it and position it on the paper for printing.
Go to Google and click on “Images” up at the top. Then type in what you want to look for. “Drink Coca Cola 5 cents” brings you these:
Thanks Mr. B
I didn’t think of using Paint
I did the google thing and am at 50 pages of coke signs
and still looking
they must have made thousands over the years
All that advertising… makes you wonder if they ever persuaded anyone to drink the stuff? [:o)]
Just out of interest… what diod you put into the search?
Thanks
[8D]
I used
Drink Coca Cola in bottles 5 cents
Because thats what it says on the sign on the side of the store
Okay.Besides Google Images and Flickr;both Blair Line and JL Innovative make HO Soft Drink Signs.
Also,try the"Billboards Of The Past"Book/Hoimepage.
They can be easily downloaded and printed off.
Now one problem I’ve found with the Billboards From The Past Website is that while you can scale them down in size on the screen,they still come out in full size when you print them out!!
However,I found out that if you take them to Staples(Not Fed Ex Office though!!Thyey claim"They Can’t Reduce Them Due To Copyright Infringement!!)along with a HO Scale Billboard and they’ll do it for you cheap!!
Also,try a Craft Store like Hobby Lobby or Michael’s!!Some Scrapbook Stuff looks like it’d work very well for HO!!!
Especially Letters!!
There are a host of software programs that will do what you need them to do. If you have PowerPoint, you can make your general store sign simply by inserting a text box, typing your sign, right click and select format. Then make the fill black, highlight the text and make it white. You ave the option then the select the font and size until you get what you need.
As others have posted, then print to white cardstock, paper or decal paper.
As far as printing signs from other sources, just cut and paste them into powerpoint, size them and print. The nice thing is, you can bring up the ruler guides in the program so you can get a good idea how to size. Now if we could get Microsoft to give the option scale units on the ruler…hmmmmmm
If you don’t have PowerPoint, paint will work in a pinch
Ricky
When I make signs, I use glossy photo paper and seal them with a clear coat spray like Krylon Acrylic Clear spray. This makes a good “tin” sign. Photo paper gives a more intense color and a sharper image that regular paper.
As mentioned before, make a text box with a colored background and select white for the text color to get white lettering on a colored background. Do not use clear decal paper and depend on the background color because white text really means no ink on the paper. [;)]
Here are som signs that may help.
Tomcat - gotta love the first set of signs in your link - the one for “Buxom Melons” is worth placement on any modelrr!![:D]