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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 01:57 PM
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The "W: The President" sticker reworked (help!)
Edited on Sun Nov-07-04 02:08 PM by undisclosedlocation
This is the one that really needs the help. A) it looks like shit because of the two-tone "Presidency"; B) I have the wrong fonts. I tried Georgia for the printing, but that isn't really right. Same with Lucida Handwriting for the cursive. Link to the real sticker is at the bottom of this message. Here's mine, flawed to the core:

This is better I think, even with the wrong font (Georgia again):

Here's the evil W store link: http://georgewbushstore1.cybrhost.com/201-6000.htm
I could of course just link their picture, but I feel badly just giving them this much traffic.

Does anybody have a better eye for fonts than mine?

Final edit (I hope): to clarify the subject line (I also hope)
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dogman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 02:01 PM
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1. Since you're using B&W try incorporating a pirate flag
in place of the US flag on his logo.
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 02:04 PM
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3. Also a wonderful idea, but different logo
These are the oh-so-stylish white-on-black "W: The President" stickers. Now even more repugnant as "W: Still the President" stickers.
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meti57b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 02:04 PM
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actually .. "W hat was I thinking" .. would be good ... it implies you are
Edited on Sun Nov-07-04 02:05 PM by meti57b
a reformed and recovering W voter ... even though libs looking at that would know you didn't vote W.
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 02:06 PM
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4. Another fine thought, but I don't think any of us could go through with
putting that on a bumper, and goodness knows the actual W voters wouldn't, at least not within a week of the election. But I like it.
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juliagoolia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 02:04 PM
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2. targets R us.. Thanks W!


Overlay one of these on a family outline. Thats really what they did.. They turned us all into bigger targets


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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 02:07 PM
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5. Just my opinion, but
you're using too many fonts. And if you changed it to, say, "W STOLE IT AGAIN" you can get the same message across, shorter.
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demodonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 02:10 PM
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6. How about the "still the President" one...
Edited on Sun Nov-07-04 02:11 PM by demodonkey
Changed to "still a Thief"
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 03:15 PM
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7. Brilliant! "Still the thief" works, too n/t
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yo-yo-ma Donating Member (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 03:20 PM
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8. Whoops I did it again nt
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 03:39 PM
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9. Here's one I did right along the same lines...


Too many fonts on yours. You want my help?
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 04:13 PM
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10. Sure. Mainly I'm just parodying the W: Still the President one
Edited on Sun Nov-07-04 04:14 PM by undisclosedlocation
which also has too many fonts. (There's a link to it in my original post, if you haven't seen it.) But any help is welcome. I think I'm going to run off to fonts sites, then download a few more. But I'll check in.
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TexasBushwhacker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 04:16 PM
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11. The original has "too many" fonts too
He's just trying to copy the style of the original. It has too many fonts too.

The "Still" is in some type of Brush caligraphy font.

May I suggest the pink Nike-esque "swoosh" be blood red and dripping? Subtle doesn't work on these folks.
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 04:53 PM
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14. Blood-red and dripping: Maybe we should make it: "W: Killer President"
Hey, if you're going to be unsubtle, be unsubtle!:D
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 05:43 PM
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15. PS: "Still" turns out to be in a font called Spring. Isn't that sweet?
I'll see if I can download it somewhere. Of course, given some of the wonderful suggestions above and below, I could just leave it reading "Still" and not bother getting the font.
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TexasBushwhacker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 06:19 PM
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16. Oh and you could also say
"W - Still the Resident"
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 06:25 PM
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17. That is excellent! (WTF)
Edited on Sun Nov-07-04 06:25 PM by tigereye
The best laugh I have had in days. I WANT ONE!
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 06:36 PM
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19. I printed it on transparency film and just taped it to the inside of
the back window.

Looks great.
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Dastard Stepchild Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-08-04 01:17 AM
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24. How funny... this one is VERY similar to mine :)
this was my little piece of handiwork:

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norml Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 04:24 PM
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12. I still like FU! W
And the background should be deep navy blue.
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ncrainbowgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 04:31 PM
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13. I like it!
Edited on Sun Nov-07-04 04:58 PM by rainbowgrrl24
Especially since it has elements of the tackiness that is the real sticker!
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 06:35 PM
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18. If I may suggest...
Edited on Sun Nov-07-04 06:38 PM by gmoney
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 07:33 PM
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20. Sure. It's great. Just a different concept. But definitely great. n/t
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 08:15 PM
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21. Update for font geeks
The cursive/ script font in which the "Still" in "W: Still The President" is printed at the link above is called Spring. Unfortunately, it's proprietary, so I guess I'll be doing variants that allow me to keep the "Still" in the middle (eg "Still the Pretzeldent")

The font they use for "W" and "The President" is very much like Georgia. It's possible that it's Georgia for the Mac. On one site, the Mac/ Windows versions look alightly different, but I just don't have that kind or eye, or screen resolution.
Other fonts it might be include:
CG Accolade
Dutch 823
Accolade
Collis
Melior
Zapf Elliptical 711
All of these are supposed to be proprietary, too. I was able to download the last one for free, but alas it's the only one I'm sure that it isn't. Thank you to Identifont for turning all these up for me, even if it took about 70 questions. (It might still be a skinny variant of Georgia; I just don't know where I would find such a thing.)
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-08-04 12:59 AM
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22. It could have been altered in photoshop or illustrator
with a resize command, that changes the thickness a bit.

as for Spring, I do not have it... I am checking with a friend who may

but, why not take a screen grab of it and use it that way?
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PittPoliSci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-08-04 01:04 AM
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23. how about this one?
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