Topic started by the_Archangel 2008-11-24 07:59:52 pm


the_Archangel
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Is it possible to take an image this small and translate it into something large enough to be printed on a t-shirt?

http://www.gravegroove.com/images/heb_amen.jpg

I'll use a different font, because that one has that shadow behind it...  And I'll need a different color than black, because it's a whit t-shirt, but you get the idea...

Do I just need to find bigger characters?


DjVocoda
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is that as big as you can get the characters?

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the_Archangel
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DjVocoda wrote:

is that as big as you can get the characters?

I pulled them off a jpeg.  That is their original size.

If I try to DL a Hebrew font pack, my PC won't recognize it for some reason.

That would be ideal...  If I could just get a good font pack.  I could write it out in MS Word, and have it printed out that way for the screen.


Sentient Origin
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u could most likely enlarge it in photoshop depending on the pixalege it might lose quality the more u enlarge it.


The Anonymous 1
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Arch... I have some hebrew fonts here.  What characters on the keyboard are they?  I'll send you what the printers would need.

If you have the fonts, most of the time, you can make them whatever size you need as they are vector.


JBostron
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yea u can enlarge in photoshop but thats not gonna help get it on a tshirt big_smile


DjVocoda
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something similar to this http://i36.tinypic.com/2im2b2g.jpg ?


the font gets warped slightly when enlarging but thats almost there

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Sentient Origin wrote:

u could most likely enlarge it in photoshop depending on the pixalege it might lose quality the more u enlarge it.

Yeah, that's what I'm worried about.  While pixels can look cool, like if you want to do a pic of Mega Man or some Space Invaders, I want this particular graphic to be silky smooth.

I'll just have one of my friends in Israel go to a t-shirt shop and do it there.  tongue


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The Anonymous 1 wrote:

Arch... I have some hebrew fonts here.  What characters on the keyboard are they?  I'll send you what the printers would need.

If you have the fonts, most of the time, you can make them whatever size you need as they are vector.

You got them to work?  How?  My PC won't recognize foreigh fonts.  sad

It's an Aleph (A), Mem (M), and a final Nun (N) (Not the standard N, which looks like a "]").

If you could do that, I would love you forever...  I want it to be about 3x5, white or grey letters, in the serif font (The font that I posted up top, not a block script).

AWESOME!

something similar to this http://i36.tinypic.com/2im2b2g.jpg ?

Can't see it here.  Firewall.


The Anonymous 1
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Hmmm... thought I had more styles. 

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/dezined4u/Arch-Hebew.jpg

Can you even see this?

If that's right, I'll send you a vector file to give to the printers.  If not, let me know where you found the free font online and I'll see if I can get them to work.


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Hmmm... thought I had more styles. 

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/dezined4u/Arch-Hebew.jpg

Can you even see this?

If that's right, I'll send you a vector file to give to the printers.  If not, let me know where you found the free font online and I'll see if I can get them to work.

I can't see it here, but I go home in 3 hours, and I'll look at it then.  Thanks!!  smile


Miss Peace
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what does it say?


the_Archangel
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Amn.

Buy a vowel.  wink

In most Hebrew (Other than Masoretic and elementary), there are no vowels.  You have to just know the word.



*Hint: It's an "e."



Edit: Here it is with the vowels:  אָמֵן

Man...  That's small.


the_Archangel
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Sweet!  I copied/pasted the three letters from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_alp … tter_table into MS Word, and it worked!

How to trasnfer that to vector, though?  And how to get it bigger than 72 pt font...

This is why I stick to production, and let Anon do our artwork.  tongue


The Anonymous 1
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Just print it to a PDF file or export it as a pdf.  Then send it to me and I'll make it the size you need it to be.


the_Archangel
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I figured out how to get it up to 300 pt, and made it light grey.  I then exported it into a pdf file (I didn't know that I could do that, thanks!!!!).

If it's 300 pt, will that be big enough to do a 3x5 (or so) pic?

If I just take the pdf in to the t-shirt place, will that be enough?


The Anonymous 1
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It should be fine.  They'll be able to size it to what you need if it isn't already.


the_Archangel
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The Anonymous 1 wrote:

It should be fine.  They'll be able to size it to what you need if it isn't already.

Awesome.  Thanks for the help.

I'll be the best-dressed at the Bar Mitzvah I'm playing next weekend!!!  big_smile





I wish.  I'd kill for a sweet gig like that.


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I am not a graphic designer but...

what I would do is trace the image in Illustrator or  some other vector art program. Start bigger, so you have a good look for the intended result and where it starts to distort with pixel based resizing. And then, while tracing, constantly zoom it to different sizes to see if its accurate.
When you are happy with the result you can resize that to any size, because it is not laid out in pixels but a series of mathematical formulas that describe the shapes. smile

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the_Archangel
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I have it in MS Word (300 pt. font).  If I take it into the shop, they should be able to resize it without any pixellation.

I hope...


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arch, if u want hebrew, u need to install support for right-to-left languages in windows...i guess its under control panel/regional settings...
as for that pic anon did for u, theres a spelling mistake, the "n" isnt final, if u know what i mean...not the same "N" as in your img...

peace
F


the_Archangel
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Fabian420 wrote:

arch, if u want hebrew, u need to install support for right-to-left languages in windows...i guess its under control panel/regional settings...
as for that pic anon did for u, theres a spelling mistake, the "n" isnt final, if u know what i mean...not the same "N" as in your img...

peace
F

I did some creative copying and pasting in word, and figured it out.  It wasn't easy getting the letters in order because of the left-right thing, but I got it to work.  I'm going to try to get it printed this weekend.

And yeah, I still can't see Anon's pic, but I definitely know the diff between nun and final nun.

konekta
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what exactly do you want done?... i will do it

bigger?
blacker?

tell me and i gotcha


the_Archangel
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konekta wrote:

what exactly do you want done?... i will do it

bigger?
blacker?

tell me and i gotcha

It can never be big and black enough.

Fuck me I'm fuckjing drunk.