Yoruk Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 (edited) Hello there, I just wanted to share one of my current DIY project. I have this VIC-20 cartridge in my collection, with the label in a very poor state : So I wanted to do the same thing presented by the 8-Bit Guy, recreating the label : My plan was to scan the cartridge label, restore the picture, and print/stick the new label on the cartridge. ? I tried to see if something similar was already made or not, but I didn't really find something interesting. On the other side, it looks like that there is different versions of the cartridge (some are showing a "made in hong kong" text) ! So I choose to keep going with my label version. Here is the raw scanned data : The support itself is not in a bad condition, but the colors are quite bad (moisture ???). The cover plastic layer is also very damaged (bumps), even it's not visible on the scan. After a couple of hours on Gimp, here is the current result : I used threshold filters to extract the two colors (text, logos) and the two brown lines into two layers, and a small brush/eraser to clean the edges. I used the scan of an other label to compute the averages colors. Here are them : #2B1E18 for the text, #C69658 for the two brown lines. Didn't know yet if I will have to use Inkscape or similar to vectorise everything, I'll make some print samples to see... Next step in a couple of days : finishing the picture, and sample prints to see the result ! I tried to search the fonts, but it looks like that they don't exist. If someone have more information... (a name ?). Thanks ! Edited May 14, 2021 by Yoruk typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 I am almost certain that the title font exists somewhere, but I can't recall what it is called. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoruk Posted May 16, 2021 Author Share Posted May 16, 2021 I tried to search on "famous" fonts sites (Dafont...) with no success. I'll try a raw google research. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracle_jedi Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 The VIC20 font is Banco. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracle_jedi Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 Attached is a PNG I made with Painshop Pro to replace the damaged label on my Jelly Monsters cart. I decided to make the Commodore logo more colourful. The label was printed by Sticker You. The label was 5" by 2.5" and I used a xacto knife to bevel the lower edges. I thought I had the PSP assets file with the blank label but I can't find it now. I probably used the Final Expansion label as a starting point and deleted what I didn't need, adding in what I wanted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoruk Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share Posted May 17, 2021 (edited) 18 hours ago, oracle_jedi said: The VIC20 font is Banco. Thanks a lot ! I managed to find it here for free : https://fr.ffonts.net/Banco.font.download Your result is great ! I'll totally try to get something similar. It looks like that the background is not totally white ? Edited May 17, 2021 by Yoruk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 No, those paper labels have a slightly off-white, cream colour from the beginning. Then again if you're making a replacement label perhaps it doesn't matter since it won't be 100% original anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoruk Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share Posted May 17, 2021 Yes, sure ! I really love these colors, it matches the shell color greatly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoruk Posted June 12, 2021 Author Share Posted June 12, 2021 Is the other font ("VIC-1xxx") available ? Did someone know it's name ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elwee Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 On 6/12/2021 at 6:18 PM, Yoruk said: Is the other font ("VIC-1xxx") available ? Did someone know it's name ? Not a 100% version afaik. Over at Denial we discussed the same question years ago and concluded that http://ufonts.com/fonts/monotone-regular.html plus some extra work in a gfx app of your choice to "build" an outline is the best option we have/had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoruk Posted June 29, 2021 Author Share Posted June 29, 2021 On 6/28/2021 at 9:22 AM, elwee said: Not a 100% version afaik. Over at Denial we discussed the same question years ago and concluded that http://ufonts.com/fonts/monotone-regular.html plus some extra work in a gfx app of your choice to "build" an outline is the best option we have/had. Thanks a lot ! I'll try to see what can I do. There is a lot options to customize the fonts contours in Inkscape, maybe I can do something. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 (edited) Also look for ITC Machine. https://www.dafontfree.net/freefonts-itc-machine-std-f47182.htm Those two are nearly identical. I'm willing to think that Monotone is a pirated copy of Machine, a pixel smaller to not become identical. Edited June 29, 2021 by carlsson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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