Customised Name's on Frames

Creamy Goodness

i'd love one but i'm a fontphile, i would have to have it in the same font as the 2009 planet-x's like this:



but that font wouldn't look great on anything other than a planet-x.

SACH Central

bcmf, just in case an order is placed before I see this thread again;

Can I order 4 No. with tri-colour flag with my name (Eddy Merckx John Kinsella) in black letters. I don't overly mind what font is used once it's not too poncy - keep it simple!

Thanks.

Super Freak

DirkVoodoo x 1 silver/white * depending on style

austinbyrne21 x 2 black

short circuit x 2 white * depending on style *

SACH CENTRAL x4

damo80 x 2 white * depending on style

RoubX x 1 Black
RoubX x 2 White

garmin guy by 2 black , 2 white

Super Freak 4* White,

I would also like to get something made up for my top tube/ Downtube
This Bike
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=65861756&postcount=2233

bcmf

SACH Central wrote: »

bcmf, just in case an order is placed before I see this thread again;

Can I order 4 No. with tri-colour flag with my name (Eddy Merckx John Kinsella) in black letters. I don't overly mind what font is used once it's not too poncy - keep it simple!

Thanks.

Will you pm me your phone number and or your e-mail so I can make contact.cheers

bcmf

People's I will try and do up a sample to email to the printer to see if he can get me a sample so I can email it to the lot of ya.will try and get this done to-day.Am gonna need your e-mails so I can forward it onto you. Can you pm them to me at some stage in the nxt day or so.

bcmf

Thanks for the pm's. As my pc is acting up big time it may take a bit longer then I thought I will also try and put all your requests to the printer but can't promise anything

daragh_

Great idea. If you need a hand doing artwork for any of these let me know. Typography is my 'other' interest. (Are we allowed have other interests....?).

Planet X

Velo Bro

DirkVoodoo x 1 silver/white * depending on style

austinbyrne21 x 2 black

short circuit x 2 white * depending on style *

SACH CENTRAL x4

damo80 x 2 white * depending on style

RoubX x 1 Black
RoubX x 2 White

garmin guy by 2 black , 2 white

Super Freak 4* White,

Velo Bro! x 2 Black

CycleGal x 2 White

I would also like to get something made up for my top tube/ Downtube
This Bike
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showp...postcount=2233

morninwood

hope i'm not too late for this

DirkVoodoo x 1 silver/white * depending on style

austinbyrne21 x 2 black

short circuit x 2 white * depending on style *

SACH CENTRAL x4

damo80 x 2 white * depending on style

RoubX x 1 Black
RoubX x 2 White

garmin guy by 2 black , 2 white

Super Freak 4* White,

morninwood 2* black,

Velo Bro

DirkVoodoo x 1 silver/white * depending on style

austinbyrne21 x 2 black

Must have been updating at the same time:)

short circuit x 2 white * depending on style *

SACH CENTRAL x4

damo80 x 2 white * depending on style

RoubX x 1 Black
RoubX x 2 White

garmin guy by 2 black , 2 white

Super Freak 4* White,

morninwood 2* black

Velo Bro! x 2 Black

CycleGal x 2 White

bcmf

daragh_ wrote: »

Great idea. If you need a hand doing artwork for any of these let me know. Typography is my 'other' interest. (Are we allowed have other interests....?).

Hey Daragh, yeah wouldn't mind a hand.
Fancy doing some kind of mock up so we all can have a look.I did one up in microsoft publisher but am having trouble with me puter

daragh_

grand - will have a read back through the thread to get an idea of the various styles people want and post a few options tomorrow.

I draw the line at putting Comic Sans on a bike though.

padlad

DirkVoodoo x 1 silver/white * depending on style

austinbyrne21 x 2 black

Must have been updating at the same time

short circuit x 2 white * depending on style *

SACH CENTRAL x4

damo80 x 2 white * depending on style

RoubX x 1 Black
RoubX x 2 White

garmin guy by 2 black , 2 white

Super Freak 4* White,

morninwood 2* black

Velo Bro! x 2 Black

CycleGal x 2 White

Padlad x2 white

austinbyrne21

daragh_ wrote: »

grand - will have a read back through the thread to get an idea of the various styles people want and post a few options tomorrow.

I draw the line at putting Comic Sans on a bike though.

Century Gothic's were it's at! Just kidding. Fair play to ya, make it look cool though. Ha ha

bcmf

@ daragh_
did a few on the mac but cant seem to upload the file

bcmf

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bcmf

https://spreadsheets0.google.com/ccc?key=t36tBkWJ4H8spkUPUZfex2w#gid=0

those who want these will you fill in this spreadsheet just to keep things neat.

short circuit

bcmf wrote: »

https://spreadsheets0.google.com/ccc?key=t36tBkWJ4H8spkUPUZfex2w#gid=0

those who want these will you fill in this spreadsheet just to keep things neat.

Unable to access.

bcmf

probably cause I am logged into google. Anyone fancy doing one up accessible to all as I am strapped for time!!!
basically
Username.....Name wanted on decal...qty...col

Ryaner

bcmf wrote: »

probably cause I am logged into google. Anyone fancy doing one up accessible to all as I am strapped for time!!!
basically
Username.....Name wanted on decal...qty...col

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Al9kjEwXA_hedFFzaVUwRmk1SWRSZGtLY0hGU294MEE&hl=en

Anyone can view and edit it.

sgriffin

just placed my order on the spread sheet thanks lads

Golfanatic

also placed order but depending on font and price.

Cabaal

Put in order for two, would like to see font and price though

Kebel

Hi, Placed order for 2 Black (ie one bike) and 6 Silver (ie three bikes) (while my prefernce is silver, white will be ok if silver not available).

(Order is assuming that is that the proposed font is not something mad, eg proposed samples are fine and on the basis that cost is not prohibitive) - will be happy to arrange payment without delay once indicative price is available or possibly collect

Thanks

Kebel

daragh_

Messed around with this a bit last night - see attached.

Not sure what limitations the printer will place on this. From experience letterforms with very fine lines are hassle and need some kind of outline or stroke around them to work, see the bottom left version, Planet-X style.

Thoughts?

damo80

daragh_ wrote: »

Messed around with this a bit last night - see attached.

Not sure what limitations the printer will place on this. From experience letterforms with very fine lines are hassle and need some kind of outline or stroke around them to work, see the bottom left version, Planet-X style.

Thoughts?

great work daragh, fair play.
i think the top ones in the 1st set on the left and 2nd set on the right look the best? perhaps doing some without a flag?

austinbyrne21

daragh_ wrote: »

Messed around with this a bit last night - see attached.

Not sure what limitations the printer will place on this. From experience letterforms with very fine lines are hassle and need some kind of outline or stroke around them to work, see the bottom left version, Planet-X style.

Thoughts?

For what it's worth... I prefer the bottom right font "Short Circuit", the white lettering with the black/grey surround is the way to go for me. But not too sure about the matching tri-colour (kinda resembles a car's badge/football crest). The font looks cool though! Cheers.

daragh_

Version with no flags attached.

bcmf

Thanks daragh_ appreciate that.
I would imagine that (for simplicity sakes ) the text will be be cut out of either white or black vinyl with a clear background as this is what I originally spoke to the printer about. I will talk to him about other cols later on once a decision has been agreed on about a design. See my pic or Rob Fowls in pg 1.
Going by the lenght of the one have got done before ( which in my opinion) was a tad too big I would specify a size lenght wise of 45-50mms and height wise a Maxheight of 15mms.

Bluefoam

Guys, you have to consider the printing process while designing these. If you want multiple colours - eg. a black outline or an irish flag, you will have to consider the way they are made.

single colour vinyl is cut from a sheet aof pre coloured sheet - hence the fact that indivual letters can be produced.

If you want multiple colours you need to add printing processes to this and at least one other function - you can do a multi coloured print onto clear vinyl & have it cut - but this is usually a single piece sticker (may have UV & other weather issues) + there is usually a clear band around the sticker. These are produced on a gerber edge machine & will cause difficulty if placing them on a complex surface such as where two tubes meet. If the printer doesn't support gerber prints - they will need to print onto the vinyl and feed it through the cutter afterwards and the results will be very inaccurate.

Single colour Vinyl, is a much better way to do it. If you want the flag using this method, the different colours will have to be cut seperatley and laid together by hand - unless done very carefully the results will be crap - and you wont get the level of care you need when there are so many to produce.

If you want to do outlines on single colour vinyl, you will need to overlay one colour on top of another - this is very inaccurate & will cause fitting problems (this should only be done by an experienced fitter) and will also have problems with peeling.

My advice - keep it simple

Bluefoam

bcmf wrote: »

Thanks daragh_ appreciate that.
I would imagine that (for simplicity sakes ) the text will be be cut out of either white or black vinyl with a clear background as this is what I originally spoke to the printer about. I will talk to him about other cols later on once a decision has been agreed on about a design. See my pic or Rob Fowls in pg 1.
Going by the lenght of the one have got done before ( which in my opinion) was a tad too big I would specify a size lenght wise of 45-50mms and height wise a Maxheight of 15mms.

Hey bcmf. I didn't see this as I was obviously typing while it was posted.

It sounds like you are colour printing onto a clear vinyl - either cut to shape or rectangular.

To be honest, this won't look great on a bike - you will see the outline of the clear film, you will get bubbles in the film & you will have difficulty fitting it if the surface is in any-way complex - such as the join between the top tube & seat tube(?). They may also be effected by UV light.

My suggestion is to stick with cut vinyl, much more appropriate to this apploication.

bcmf

sorry Bluefoam... I meant it was going to be cut out of coloured vinyl ie white or black or whatever he has.

daragh_

Bluefoam wrote: »

Hey bcmf. I didn't see this as I was obviously typing while it was posted.

It sounds like you are colour printing onto a clear vinyl - either cut to shape or rectangular.

To be honest, this won't look great on a bike - you will see the outline of the clear film, you will get bubbles in the film & you will have difficulty fitting it if the surface is in any-way complex - such as the join between the top tube & seat tube(?). They may also be effected by UV light.

My suggestion is to stick with cut vinyl, much more appropriate to this apploication.

Duly noted. Thanks for the advice. I would suggest the more blocky letterforms will work best so.

bcmf

yeah I think the larger (blockier!!!) the letters the better.

daragh_

Of course if money is no object we could just hire Damian Hirst to spend a few days pasting butterflies on our frames.

RoubX

bcmf wrote: »

Thanks daragh_ appreciate that.
I would imagine that (for simplicity sakes ) the text will be be cut out of either white or black vinyl with a clear background as this is what I originally spoke to the printer about. I will talk to him about other cols later on once a decision has been agreed on about a design. See my pic or Rob Fowls in pg 1.
Going by the lenght of the one have got done before ( which in my opinion) was a tad too big I would specify a size lenght wise of 45-50mms and height wise a Maxheight of 15mms.

I really liked the style of the original name, but agree that it seemed a bit big. I'm quite curious to see how your printer is going to construct the sticker.

bcmf

daragh_ wrote: »

Of course if money is no object we could just hire Damian Hirst to spend a few days pasting butterflies on our frames.

would rather have a big cake pasted on rather then butterflies....:D

short circuit

daragh_ wrote: »

Version with no flags attached.

Thanks for those. Regardless of the fact that it says my name, I like bottom right. I wouldn't mind getting a square in red with the name in white. But having absolutely no clue as to what will work out best and cheap for the printer, I will let that call with the people with more knowledge on this.

My only comment, could we keep the height small ... my bike is steel .. so the tubes are a bit on the thinner side as compared to the Al or carbon offerings.

Bluefoam

short circuit wrote: »

Thanks for those. Regardless of the fact that it says my name, I like bottom right. I wouldn't mind getting a square in red with the name in white. But having absolutely no clue as to what will work out best and cheap for the printer, I will let that call with the people with more knowledge on this.

My only comment, could we keep the height small ... my bike is steel .. so the tubes are a bit on the thinner side as compared to the Al or carbon offerings.

If you wanted to do that, you could get a rectangle of red and cut the letters out - so you see the frame colour...

bcmf

short circuit wrote: »

Thanks for those. Regardless of the fact that it says my name, I like bottom right. I wouldn't mind getting a square in red with the name in white. But having absolutely no clue as to what will work out best and cheap for the printer, I will let that call with the people with more knowledge on this.

My only comment, could we keep the height small ... my bike is steel .. so the tubes are a bit on the thinner side as compared to the Al or carbon offerings.

I put up some measurements up a few posts back. see how they work with your frame.

short circuit

bcmf wrote: »

I put up some measurements up a few posts back. see how they work with your frame.

15mm sounds good.

Zascar

Oh lads, seriously... A personalised decal on your lovely bike is a nice idea, but please for the love of GOD, use a nicer font. Honestly most of the ones posted here are just horrible. It's such a shame to have such a beautiful stylish and expensive bike and then desecrate it with your name in the lettering that most people are used to seeing on the front of haulage trucks.

damo80

would 15mm not be too big? perhaps 10mm. especially if its to be kept tasteful and classy. imo, for what its worth, youd want it subtle, not screamign in your face.
less is more in my opinion.

bcmf

it kinda depends on what font we go for. If it is the font I used cant really go too small but if we go for boxy stlye font as per the pdf's then we can go small.
Damo I updated the spreadsheet for you.
I wanna close this off fairly shortly as I wanna get moving on the print end of it so I can have them ,hopefully, for this day nxt week and confirm prices.
At the moment I am veering towards the second pdf that I posted earlier.

daragh_

Zascar wrote: »

Oh lads, seriously... A personalised decal on your lovely bike is a nice idea, but please for the love of GOD, use a nicer font. Honestly most of the ones posted here are just horrible. It's such a shame to have such a beautiful stylish and expensive bike and then desecrate it with your name in the lettering that most people are used to seeing on the front of haulage trucks.

Everyone's a critic

Seriously though, have you seen the kind of visual material your average Fred (that's me) favours? Cycling is not a calm haven of thoughtful and reserved typographical loveliness.

Apart from Rapha.

Anyway I'm going for high gloss gold name in Fette Fraktur on my Planet-X.

damo80

thanks alot Bcmf. sorry for the hassle.

as for font, i would favour something along the lines of my earlier post (http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=66413711&postcount=34)
nice and simple. plus if the fancy takes you if your ordering 2 you could put on your helmet.

Velo Bro

Hey BCMF

Ok here’s my order!!! I want a raised font for the tactile effect but done in a hologram style changing from my real name to my boards name depending on which angle it’s being viewed. I’d appreciate numerous samples in various colours so that I can choose the two I really want…… Oh!! And my picture in the centre of the Ireland flag that would be cooooool!!:rolleyes:

Only kidding I know it’s a personal thing and people are all different but might be an idea to chat with the printer and at least then we can see what they can do, or not do.

Cheers though for pulling it together, bet your sorry ye started?

Velo Bro!

bcmf

Velo Bro wrote: »

Hey BCMF

Ok here’s my order!!! I want a raised font for the tactile effect but done in a hologram style changing from my real name to my boards name depending on which angle it’s being viewed. I’d appreciate numerous samples in various colours so that I can choose the two I really want…… Oh!! And my picture in the centre of the Ireland flag that would be cooooool!!:rolleyes:


Velo Bro!

yeah that would be cooool but you can f**k off if you think I am getting involved in it

bcmf

Right!!
Just off the phone to the printer and he can do white vinyl, Black, Silver and yellow.
We need to agree on a style asap.

@Short Circuit; I didnt mention the dual flags but dont foresee a problem.
I asked about price and he said it would only be a couple of quid for each. He didnt specify an exact cost but wont be expensive.

Anyone who hasnt filled out what name they want on the sticker will you do so before Mon early am.