LeMort

Hi again

I am currently working on a project I will use to apply for a job.
I am building a copy of my ATM-card in PSP and on it is the VISA logo.
(Ofcourse, there are million of sites with the VISA-logo I can snatch, I can also scan my card, but I want to make
e v e r y t h i n g from scratch, handmade so to say, that's is a point for me....)

Try to google for the words Visa & font, hehe. All you get is sites that will allow you to buy fonts with your card

Does anybody know a way or a place to find a similar font to the VISA-font?

Cheers
MortenF

(ps, the idea is to animate the card, so when it is turned, you'll see the back of the card (du'h, obvious) and there will be an animated id-photo of me)

tfoster

I don't know the font but you could try scouring free font sites to try and find it (just google "free fonts"). I wouldn't be surprised though, if the logo was specifically done for Visa which brings me to:
Why don't you open up Illustrator and take the make-it-all-on-your-own approach to the extreme and recreate the type yourself? Shouldn't be that hard (it's only 4 letters) and that would really impress 'em!

Lastly, a word of caution, be sure that your prospective employer won't have an issue with you recreating copyrighted materials!!

Welles

How about a custom shape? (OK so I spiffed up the sample image with a layer style.)

Lee

GREAT looking red plastic, Welles. [righton]

Welles

Lee,

I'm particularly fond of that style too. It has a PSG history. A couple of years ago there was a styles challenge. In a rather lengthy thread Wendy posted the "Red Frosted Galss" which she had created and challenged anyone to recreate it. I came very close but had a slightly different result. After a while Wendy shared her "Frosted Glass" style with us and I don't remember now whether she provided all four colors at that time or whether I modified them since.

Anyway, I've saved them as Wendy's Frosted Glass and use them fairly often considering I have thousands of styles. I usually modify the highlight slightly with a little color and scale the style if I'm using it for print. Here's how the styles look without any editing and I've included them in a .zip file.

Elaray

Oh coooool!! Consider it stolen, Welles [bustagut] I was going to ask you if it worked only on Mac, but I tried it and found out for myself. I just love the style!

8))

Welles

Hi Sheba... enjoy! Just a note...all presets work cross platform. Adobe is very careful to have Photoshop work virtually identically on both Windows and Mac so files and presets can be shared back and forth without problems.

Lee

Thanks. Welles. I'm gonna add that to my styles folder. I love the way that looks.

Per Wendy. Has any one heard from her? She and I exchanged emails when she first "retired" but I have not heard from her in a long time. I hope she is well.

LeMort

Just want to say
Thanks for the respons guys

Lovely place, this forum

Cheers
MortenF

Doc

Welles,

Thanks for sharing Wendy's 'Frosted glass' styles. The letters of her name above look like they're made of candy...like 'gummy bears'. [righton]