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Hey there, MSFCians!

Thought I might post this one here, since it is only partially A2-related.

While working on Wastelands (hehe, working, I just enjoyed the cineractive mode :p) I had this idea. I like awesome A2 screenies, and I like awesome typography. So why not combine the two? Ever wished you had your favourite starship as a desktop background with the class or ship name displayed with beautiful letters? As a professing typophile, I thought it wouldn't be too hard to do. So here are the first three pieces of Typo-Trek. Or Star Typo? Which has actually nothing to do with typos.
So what do we have here? First of all, we have the Connie, or to be precise, R5D5's partial TMP refit combined with Kontrapunkt. The second pic shows R5D5's PrimeVerse Kelvin, the Fahrenheit, combined with Linux Biolinum O. Last, but not least, we have the TA borg cube, combined with the lovely OCR-A Extended.

Please note that these are still prototypes. I just started experimenting with this stuff, it is still not completely worked out. Nevertheless, enjoy!

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Hello:
It sounds like it can work, maybe very nice to have with hero ships too as it can add a nice atmosphere to the pic... maybe like in BSG? but in Trek style.

I like the Cube one, it is spooky.

Keep it up!
 
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Looks great, I too like the Cube one. Love the text for it as well, what text font is it?
 
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I expected this thread to be full of the adventures of Krik, Spokc and MCcoy! It gets more fun in Typo Trek: Teh Nxt Generashun and Typo Trek: Deeep Sapce 8!

EDIT to add: but in all honesty, this is a really neat idea, and well-executed. :D
 
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Starfox1701 said:
How are you puting text on the pics?
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As always, I am using GIMP. Apply a little bit of gaussian blur to the text and voila! :D

Majestic said:
Looks great, I too like the Cube one. Love the text for it as well, what text font is it?
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That would be the extended variant of OCR-A, the first machine-readable font designed in 1968.
 
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These would really work well for advertising certain ship classes! ;)

Get your customized 69' Connie at reasonable prices! Also for sale is a limited edition 2334 model of the Fahrenheit! Good handling and well maintained! Get yours today! :lol2:
 
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As always, I am using GIMP. Apply a little bit of gaussian blur to the text and voila!
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try puing inner and outer glows around the letters. it will give a 3d effect
 
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Starfox1701 said:
try puing inner and outer glows around the letters. it will give a 3d effect
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Thanks man, I'll try that! :D

Jetfreak said:
These would really work well for advertising certain ship classes! ;)

Get your customized 69' Connie at reasonable prices! Also for sale is a limited edition 2334 model of the Fahrenheit! Good handling and well maintained! Get yours today! :lol2:
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OMG, yes! I still have a bunch of art deco fonts lying around... why not try that? :yum:
 
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Very cool Terra, these look really nice. I like the Conny best. :cool:
 
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