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06harlo

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the text on the bottom... what is the font used underneath the tree ?

(wasnt sure where to put this so, sorry if its in the wrong place)
 
I've heard it referred to before as 'Brian's Hand', although I've no idea where that came from or whether anyone else actually calls it that. It is a font though as it's used by the club in other publications rather than simply for the word 'Forest'
 
Yeah, I imagine there's probably a font made of it now :)

Whether it's available outside of Forest and whoever produces their commercial printing is another matter though.
 
I was rather hoping it would detail it on the Intellectual Property Office website, but it merely lists the date & usage, rather than the spec.

Looks to me like (apart from the R) simply Arial, possibly Arial Black, but stretched vertically. Nothing too special - remember it was 60s/70s.
 
(very close to this, but not a dead match. Simple enough to tweak it so that you get horizontals on the ends of the letters though)
 
** Considers an Arial Paul Ince gag. Thinks better of it.. **
 
D'you know...it's been about a month since the Forum migrated to this new software, and I still giggle EVERY time I go for the button "Forum Tools" lol lol
 
I go with Arial Black, stretched vertically by about 50% and slightly tweaked.
 
I made mine myself! lol
 
It used to be one of the standard 'Letraset' faces, I think it was called 'Haettenschweiler roman' - but the R is an adaptation. My guess is that the typeface sheets will have been 72pt and 60pt to get the upper/lower casing levels to match. I've still got hundreds of sheets somewhere that I've kept since before computers!
 
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Happy days indeed! Do they still make "transfers" like when I was a kid?
 
We may have a winner.
That's a pretty good match...
 
I doubt there is any need for for 'transfer' based type theses days.

I blame Pleat/Pelling/Arthur.
 
lol

I was thinking more of the transfers that were like comic characters and such, and the ones you used to use to complete a picture with odd gaps in it - is this making any sense?

YOu had to be sure to press hard on the cover sheet and cover every single point of the transfer pressing really hard with your HB pencil, else something like the head would snap off...

[/reminiscences]
 
Behave! lol
 
Yes, I remember now. I haven't seen them and I shop in a lot of craft shops for my little girls who is 5 and sticker/feather/glue/glitter/etc mad. But I'll look out for them now I know what to get you for chrimbo.
 
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