pointset ruler

[john passek]

Hello Everyone,
I hope everyone is healthy and happy.

I was just wondering if anyone uses a pointset ruler to measure font sizes. if a customer wants to match up a specific sign.
If you do have the proper ruler is it something you madee and would you mind sharing the file so I can make one to use.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated

John

[Doug Griffith]

I've got quite a few of those rulers floating around but haven't had the need for one in many years. They've relegated themselves to being straight edges.

Why don't you create your own ruler.
1 point (postscript) = .01389" or .35278mm

[Martin Boekers]

If the signs are small, I usually scan them then import it into Corel.
Then I can overlay the text to size and positioning. This is invaluable
if trying to match a "perpetual Plaque" plate that someone else made.
I have had some of these plaques come through my shop that plates
were made elsewhere else and all were all different!

In Corel you can change the measurements to a few other scales besides
pts if you like.

[George D Gabert]

I typically measure with my calipers and then multiply by 72. ie .25" x 72 = 18 point

Regards
GDG

[Dewey Schramm]

This is one of those things that I always forget... but George is exactly right. 72 Dots Per Inch of course means simply measure and multiple by 72. I had to do this last week and ended up scanning and sizing the text on top of the scan as mentioned above... clearly the longer way.

Thanks for the reminder George.

[Chuck Stone]

If the signs are small, I usually scan them then import it into Corel.
Then I can overlay the text to size and positioning. This is invaluable
if trying to match a "perpetual Plaque" plate that someone else made.
I have had some of these plaques come through my shop that plates
were made elsewhere else and all were all different!

I do something similar in Photoshop, only because I can change the
opacity of the layer while I work.. but you're right.. it is an invaluable
tool for matching.

I'll scan the image and then put my text over it, lighten the opacity
so I can see through it to the 'real' text underneath. Then I can play
with the sizing, kerning etc. because often we can't exactly match
the text because the kerning isn't standard. (those sneaky buggers!)
but this way you can adjust till you get a perfect match, put the
opacity back and get rid of the original text and Bob's yer uncle.

[john passek]

Thank you for all the feed back,
multipying by 72 is easy enough if you are unable to scan the item you want to duplicate.