New BTTF "Save the Clock Tower" Flyer Project
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Cool watch you are wearing!
Those same Casio CA53s are still being made, 25 years later. Most people don't even realize they are the same watch that was used in BTTF.
Thrillhouse
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I was watching this thread late last night - it was 1am Australia time.
Good to see it's worked out nicely (and that it didn't come to blows between you and Roland :lol)
Damn it Daniel, now I'm wanting one of those Casio's. Quick search of the 'Bay and they're only about $20
Good to see it's worked out nicely (and that it didn't come to blows between you and Roland :lol)
Damn it Daniel, now I'm wanting one of those Casio's. Quick search of the 'Bay and they're only about $20
But first you have to dress up like an old lady. :lol
Save the Clock Tower DB537 RPF
Here is the PDF of the flyer. I found a really good photo of an original flyer, so I was able to make even more corrections and I think it's about as good as it is going to get without a scan of an original to work with. :cool
These photos are the ones I used for reference to make the changes:
Here is the PDF of the flyer. I found a really good photo of an original flyer, so I was able to make even more corrections and I think it's about as good as it is going to get without a scan of an original to work with. :cool
These photos are the ones I used for reference to make the changes:
I already have the second photo (of the flyer in the display case) on my harddisc. Parts of the clock tower photo on this flyer I used for my selfmade photo.
Your first picture is a smaller version of Claudia Wells' flyer copies.
I've just seen, you draw and vectorized the letters "Hill Valley Telegraph" yourself. Why didn't you use the original font?
I reused the same newspaper file I made to have the newspapers printed.
Printers normally prefer all text to be converted to outlines just in case they do not have all the same fonts available, and the printing company I used also requested it.
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But the same font is available! It's called "Engravers Old English MT". Look here:
Engravers Old English MT - Glyphs « MyFonts
That's the font they used for the newspapers made in 1985. In the second movie there is another font.
I typed the text using the Engravers Old English font and converted it into vector outlines in Adobe Illustrator. The file I used to make my flyer was originally created as a template to have replica newspapers printed.
Not only does it make it a lot easier to adjust and align individual characters this way, but the printing company I used also requested vectorized text if possible for the best print quality. :cool
Not only does it make it a lot easier to adjust and align individual characters this way, but the printing company I used also requested vectorized text if possible for the best print quality. :cool
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Really? It looks more like a pixel graphic, which was converted to a vector graphic. It seems this Illustrator doesn't work very accurate. Compare it: in the image on the left is your letter and on the right the letter from my (still unfinished) flyer. I used CorelDraw. Do you see the difference?
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I don't know why it's showing up like that for you. :confused
This is what that same "a" looks like as screen captured from my PDF:
There are no pixel graphics or anything like that.
I converted all the "HILL VALLEY TELEGRAPH" text into outlines and simplified the paths slightly in Illustrator so it would look like something that was actually made with a 1950s typesetting machine and not a computer in 2011.
I wanted to be sure to add some minor imperfections to the individual letters so it wouldn't look "too perfect" compared to the originals. I was trying to match the look of the Earl Hays prop newspapers.
I have a few different papers they made from about the same time period, and from what I've seen, their "Old English" is never perfectly sharp and crisp in appearance, at least not at this kind of magnification.
This is what that same "a" looks like as screen captured from my PDF:
There are no pixel graphics or anything like that.
I converted all the "HILL VALLEY TELEGRAPH" text into outlines and simplified the paths slightly in Illustrator so it would look like something that was actually made with a 1950s typesetting machine and not a computer in 2011.
I wanted to be sure to add some minor imperfections to the individual letters so it wouldn't look "too perfect" compared to the originals. I was trying to match the look of the Earl Hays prop newspapers.
I have a few different papers they made from about the same time period, and from what I've seen, their "Old English" is never perfectly sharp and crisp in appearance, at least not at this kind of magnification.
Okay, I've just opened your flyer with my Adobe Reader and the "a" there looks like on your screen shot. The wrong rendering you can see on my screen shot came from my standard PDF reader: Foxit Reader. There your letters look like a combination of lines with no curves. Hmmmm, very strange!
Your idea to let it look more like a mechanical typesetting is good. I just found irritating the angular curves.
Well, here is my version of the flyer. In the next few days I will post it as PDF in different paper sizes and background colors (blank and blue backgrounds).
I'm still working on the flyer's back side (Jennifer's phone number). The single PDF will contain both, front and back side.
I'm still working on the flyer's back side (Jennifer's phone number). The single PDF will contain both, front and back side.
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Very nice work. :thumbsup
JANDERS10
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Firstly, let me congradulate the fantasic work done on this, and kudos for sharing.
But (and please take this in the spirit it is meant) with all this attention to detail, it has also made clear that the text to the right of the picture repeats itself. Indeed, it does not seem to have anything to do with the clock stopping at all !
I know it was put in as a filler, but anyone know the original text?
But (and please take this in the spirit it is meant) with all this attention to detail, it has also made clear that the text to the right of the picture repeats itself. Indeed, it does not seem to have anything to do with the clock stopping at all !
I know it was put in as a filler, but anyone know the original text?
This IS a filler, yes, but it's the original text in the screen used flyer, too. You can find these same text blocks in all of the original newspapers made for the BTTF movies (except for the 2015-newspapers).
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