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LETTERING MANUAL

Pete Willard

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Table of ContentsBACKGROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1

The RailTnk2.ttf lettering font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1Disclaimer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2

Font Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3

Letter Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4Special Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5Special instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9Permission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10

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BACKGROUND

The RailTnk2.ttf lettering font

This is a free font and cannot be sold or be part of a commercial product.

This font was created using references from the Internet. It is based on various sources related to Google searches.

Most of the reference materials are from RailRoad Picture Archives http://www.rrpicturearchives.net

It is intended that this font be used along with the glyphs that are part of RailTnk1 (also available here atHTTP://railsimstuff.com)

This lettering started as a request from Dave Edwards at http://www.Trainsim.com who wanted a better Straley Logo thatallowed for a 2-color option. I had a few ideas for additional tank cars (such as various additional kaolin seen movingaround the Southeast. When I was working at the Scott Paper plant in Mobile, Kaolin cars were dumping slurry quiteoften.)

Changes: Version 1.1 adds the ` key to create the modern "ACF" logo.

BACKGROUND

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DisclaimerThis ttf font is a best effort attempt at recreating a vector based image suite related to Tankcars and Hoppers. Somevariances exist in real life and therefore there may be some discrepancies between what is supplied here and actualprototype references.

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Font Usage

InstallationThe file is distributed as part of a ZIP file that includes this document as well as the font itself and other relateddocumentation.

The files need to be UNZIPPED from the distribution file into a temporary work area, like C:\TEMP. (I’ll assume that youused c:\temp from here on…)

You can often just double-click the TTF file and the system will provide an install option.

Now you can install the font from the Windows CONTROL PANEL.

Your system may be different, but for Windows 7, you would select START → Settings → Control Panel → FONTS → FILE[pull down] → INSTALL NEW FONT

From here you would select your new file C:\temp\RailTnk2.ttf

That’s it, the font is installed.

As with all other TTF fonts on your system, the RailTnk2.ttf file enclosed within the ZIP file belongs in the FONTS folder ofyour windows operating system. This is the only way this file would be useful.

Font Usage

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Letter SetLogo and Details

Lowercase

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzNumbers (For SHPX cars)

0123456789

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Special KeysThe items below are the logo styles used by Tankcars and Hoppers and the keys that insert them.

Result Key Description

++ Gramps

,, Citgo Single Color

// SHPX

:: HUBER LOGO

;; JM HUBER Lettering

<< WIlliams (White)

>> Williams (Blue Outline)

== Uni-Temp Stencil for ADM

?? OLin Chemical

@@ ADM Corm Sweeteners

AA ADM Logo (White - Fill with Blue)

BB ADM Corn Circle (Yellow)

CC WBB United Clays Logo

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Result Key Description

DD United Clays

EE Staley Single Color

FF Staley Logo Vertical 'S' logo

GG Staley Logo Horizontal 'S' logo

HH Staley Lettering

II Hooker (Use for White & Black

Shadow)

JJ Hooker Foreground Logo (white)

KK Hooker Background logo(Black, do

first)

LL New GAF logo

MM Old Gaf logo

NN Nord Logo (blue)

OO Nord Lettering (gold)

PP Nord Symbol (gold)

QQ Nord Logo for Symbol (blue)

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Result Key Description

RR Dry Branch Kaolin Lettering (black)

SS Dry Branch Kaolin logo

UU CITIES SERVICE logo (Citgo)

VV GULF #1 (Full Logo - guide)

WW Gulf #2 (Lettering)

XX Gulf #3 (orange fill)

YY Gulf #2 (full fill background)

ZZ LD LMT 195500

[[ LD LMT 200100

\\ NEW 7-00

]] LD LMT 221500

__ Clay Slurry (Underscore)

{{ Legacy GULF (outline - use orange

fill)

}} Legacy Gulf

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Result Key Description

|| Leased to Farmland Industries

~~ NEW 11-1999 (Tilde Key)

`` The grave or back-tickkey. (It’s on the sameU.S. computerkeyboard key as thetilde ~.)

Modern ACF Logo

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Special instructionsSome symbols require multiple colors and of course fonts are single color. This means that some shapes are broken upinto multiple symbols to allow for additional colors to be added to create he final result.

For the 2 color Staley, for example, the stand-alone S shapes are vertical and horizontal and it is up to you to carefullyalign the two differenty color shapes to get the correct result.

Additionally, for the Hooker Logo, you need to add a black shadow using the shapes provided, then cover them with awhite color of the shapes to create the shadow effect.

For the Williams logo, add a WHITE background using the "<" key and then change the font color to blue and align the blueoutline with the ">" key.

The Gulf Logo’s are also multi-pass if you are aiming for a full color logo but you should be able to figure it out.

For ADM, its up to you to fill in the blue in the "ADM" letters after placing the WHITE outline.

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PermissionThis is a copyrighted free font. It is not public domain. It may not be edited, altered, or manipulated in any way, or used inpart or incorporated into any other commercial graphic material without approval from the font author.

Give Proper Credit when used.

This font is licensed under CC-BY-NC 4.0 US

This means that you are not allowed to remove creator credits and are not allowed to use it commercially.

Pete Willard www.railsimstuff.com [email protected]

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