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I'm hunting for a font that has a slanted capital 'A' in a similar manner to Avant Garde Alt.

Unfortunately in the 3000-ish fonts I do have, I don't have AG Alt and don't want to spend £140 buying it, as I'm not even sure I'll use it at the end of the day.

It's for a quick job to promote a bike event.

Any suggestions I should look for in my own stash, or hunt for online?


 
Posted : 28/03/2014 9:31 am
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Set it in the closest font, convert to curves, and tweak the 'A' to get the effect you want.


 
Posted : 28/03/2014 9:34 am
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If it's just the slanted A you need, can you draw that character? Or edit an existing A from a similar face.

Edit: beaten to it.


 
Posted : 28/03/2014 9:35 am
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How much copy will you be applying it too? Is it just large headlines, then you could outline something similar and tweak it.

Hang on a minute. I've just downloaded it for free [url= http://www.fontyukle.net/en/AvantGarde+ALT.ttf ]here[/url]


 
Posted : 28/03/2014 9:35 am
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Thanks all.

I didn't click on - or even see - that link.

In fact, what link?

Set it in the closest font, convert to curves, and tweak the 'A' to get the effect you want.

I didn't even think of this, which is rather daft. Not enough coffee yet, obviously.


 
Posted : 28/03/2014 9:37 am
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If you already have some letters from the same font then you can use online "find my font" type sites like [url= http://www.whatfontis.com/ ]this one[/url] ... Admittedly I've had mixed results, but sometimes it does turn up trumps.


 
Posted : 28/03/2014 10:05 am

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