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  Modeling the NYT T phiroc@free.fr - 2013-01-03 03:50 -0800
    Re: Modeling the NYT T Bogus@Embarq.com (Steve) - 2013-01-03 13:19 +0000
    Re: Modeling the NYT T Helge Blischke <h.blischke@acm.org> - 2013-01-03 16:13 +0100
    Re: Modeling the NYT T Ross Presser <rpresser@gmail.com> - 2013-01-03 18:25 -0800
      Re: Modeling the NYT T Ross Presser <rpresser@gmail.com> - 2013-01-09 23:14 -0800
    Re: Modeling the NYT T tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2013-01-06 21:28 -0500

#1217 — Modeling the NYT T

Hello,

I would like to model the T in the New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/) logo using CAD software.

I am thinking of using Postscript to generate the letter in 2D, and then extrude it.

Any suggestions as to how I could model the T's curly horizontal bar in Postscript, as accurately as possible?

Many thanks.

rp

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#1218

 phiroc@free.fr writes:
>Hello,
>
>I would like to model the T in the New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/) logo using CAD software.
>
>I am thinking of using Postscript to generate the letter in 2D, and then
>extrude it.
>
>Any suggestions as to how I could model the T's curly horizontal bar in
>Postscript, as accurately as possible?

Hi,

   I have made a vector description of an object in a bitmap using
a paint program, GSview, Ghostscript, an an editor.  I crop the
bitmap to only the desired object and export it as an EPS or PS
bitmap.  As PostScript is text, I can edit the EPS to display in
GSview as a medium gray object at a convenient position and size.

   Then I use translate and scale to create a coordinate system
for the object.  Sometimes the center of the object is used.  At
other times a corner is used for the zero, zero X, Y position.
You can use lines in a grid to debug or visualize the coordinate
system.

   I change the color and place small circles, dots, or crosses
at noticable points on the object.  In the text file, this is
folloing the bitmap so it is not overwritten.  These will be your
starting control points.

   Change the color and use moveto, lineto, curveto, and stroke
to create lines or curves between the control points.  View in
GSview and tweak to the accuracy you need.  You will add control
points as needed.  When a line is nice enough I change the color
back to that of the control points and start the next segment in
the second color.  When a curve enclosing part of the object is
complete, use closepath to finish it and start on the next piece.

   Comment out the control point indicators and use fill to finish
the vector representation of the object.  Comment out the bitmap
and you have a finished PostScript program to draw your object.

   Starting is a bit tedious, but work goes fairly well once you
get things properly scaled and marked out.  The logo indicated
is rather low resolution.  So you may want to find a larger one
or scan a hardcopy.

Regards,

Steve N.

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#1219

phiroc@free.fr wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I would like to model the T in the New York Times
> (http://www.nytimes.com/) logo using CAD software.
> 
> I am thinking of using Postscript to generate the letter in 2D, and then
> extrude it.
> 
> Any suggestions as to how I could model the T's curly horizontal bar in
> Postscript, as accurately as possible?
> 
> Many thanks.
> 
> rp

Use a font editor like FontForge to import a bitmap repesentation and then
construct the outlines using the font editor's toolbox.

Helge

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#1220

On Thursday, January 3, 2013 6:50:51 AM UTC-5, phi...@free.fr wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> 
> I would like to model the T in the New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/) logo using CAD software.
> 
> 
> 
> I am thinking of using Postscript to generate the letter in 2D, and then extrude it.
> 
> 
> 
> Any suggestions as to how I could model the T's curly horizontal bar in Postscript, as accurately as possible?
> 
> 
> 
> Many thanks.
> 
> 
> 
> rp

Just download the entire logo from here:
http://www.seeklogo.com/the-new-york-times-logo-138855.html
and snip out the T

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#1227

On Thursday, January 3, 2013 9:25:52 PM UTC-5, Ross Presser wrote:
> Just download the entire logo from here:

IN EPS FORMAT, I should have emphasized

> 
> http://www.seeklogo.com/the-new-york-times-logo-138855.html
> 
> and snip out the T

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#1225

On Thu, 3 Jan 2013 03:50:51 -0800 (PST), phiroc@free.fr wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I would like to model the T in the New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/) logo using CAD software.

That T is in the file http://i1.nyt.com/images/misc/nytlogo379x64.gif --
which is at barely 1/16th the height you'd really need for accurate work.
 
So: good luck :-) . Cheers, -- tlvp
-- 
Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP.

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