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adbuch
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A question from a fellow member.

"Hello,
>
> I was wondering if you had a link to a video to help me complete this. I
> am having a hard time finding the fonts used or something similar, and I
> have no idea how to make the open box around the words in the center. I am
> making this for supporters of my high school Ag program. I can do the
> letters and the cutouts, but I do not know how to make the box/lines to
> give it that decorative look. Do you know of an easy way? I wasn't sure
> if I made a rectangle and cut a section out of it with my pen or what.
>
> Thank you so much for any advice you may have. Your last advice on how to
> trace that image was extremely helpful."

Here is how I would create the "box/lines" using Inkscape.

David
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adbuch
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Re: Need Help

Post by adbuch »

You can use one of the font finder apps to try to find a font that is close to the one in your image. I use Paint.net to crop the image so that I have the text to use for the search. Once you find a font that is close, you can do a Google search for free fonts matching that font name.

David

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Or if this is a one time project, perhaps simply do a manual trace of the text in your image. Use the Bezier draw tool for this.
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Re: Need Help

Post by plasmanewbie »

Nice David, appreciate the tips, still haven't converted me to Inkscape yet but I am warming up to it.
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