Hi All: Sorry I put this question here as I don't know where to turn to. I need some help modeling Cruise Ship Queen Mary II. Can somebody tell me what are the fonts used on the ship (1,2,7) And what is (3,4,5,6)---I think it is QM2's radar. what's writen there? Brand name or what? Thanks Tony

Attached Link: http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/forum/

You might have more luck at that site. People there are "font geeks" and can pretty much tell you the name of any font posted.

A good place to start. To be honest though, some of the larger companies actually have custom fonts designed just for their logo's, etc. I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case on something this big.
#3-6 (except for the Regatta) are actually logos. They're designed by an artist or design firm (usually), and may not be a font at all.
I'm hardly the UVmapping expert around here (done it twicet now..;) but if you have a good 'head on' shot, you may be able to use your pics to make a UVMap of the area in question, and get around it that way.
Final note- if you're too close to the original, you might be getting a nastygram from Cunard Lines, over copyright issues. So don't get too involved in accuracy here
#1 might be Crillee, possibly Impact. #2 could be any of a bunch of fonts. The Regatta shouldn't be hard to fake, and look for 'dingbats', I know there's a 'signal flag' font out there.
There are a Gazillion (that's a scientific term) font sites out there, both free and spendy. Acid Fonts, Fontilicious, 1001 fonts, just do a search, and watch your hard drive start to fill up (I finally quit around 3,000 or so..;) And NT/Win2k start messing up if you load more than 1,000 fonts in them- previous message is relevant only if you get hooked on font-ics..;) Have fun

thanks Acadia and pakled. You can never get disappointed by asking a question here:-) Cheers Tony

3 says "MTN" and the rest is too small/blurry. 5/6 is definitely "NERA" and then "Kelvin Hughes".

Nera: http://www.nera.no/index.shtml Kelvin Hughes: http://www.kelvinhughes.com/kh/index.htm MTN: http://www.mtnsat.com/ The above links display the company logos and such. I had NO luck with image #4. I searched through scads of QM2 sites and pictures. I tried keyword searches combining QM2 with "radar", "satellite", "navigation", "UME", "UWE", and more. One image suggested it was an "air-con unit" (sic), but it doesn't seem right (however I have NO knowledge of such things). I now know more about the QM2 than ever before :) Hope it helps. And yes, i'd love a free copy when its modeled :) MCN

Attached Link: http://www.itcfonts.com/fonts/SearchBySight.htm?xmlurl=http:%2f%2fitc.identifont.co.uk%2fstart.xml

ITC offers a "Search by Sight" function that helps identify a font by picking its characteristics from a series of questions. It's not 100% reliable, but it will help you close in. Why not ask CUNARD?

FYI: After answering 30 questions honestly (if you fudge and guess what a letter glyph might look like, a wrong guess ruins the whole process), I ended up with 35 fonts to compare "Queen Mary 2" to. It's a slow process, but a nice tutorial in font characteristics.
And it looks like it might be Gill Sans....
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Message edited on: 02/02/2006 07:21

Hi guys, this really helps a lot. I followed Acadia's advise and asked the same questionat "www.myfonts.com" Those geeks say Queen Mary2 is "Gill Sans" Thanks MyCleverName, those infomation are really what I am looking for. Attached is the ship model. Cheers Tony