RAF and RN fonts?

The Rat · March 04, 2009, 04:40:15 PM

Does anyone know if there are downloadable fonts for RAF and RN aircraft? I need to print some decals and I can't find anything in Word that is all that close. Thanks!

PR19_Kit · March 04, 2009, 04:44:50 PM

Yes there are, but I'm darned if I can remember where

I think I got them from an FS repainting site, and there's quite a large range, WWII and modern, and USAF, Canadian and RAF too. I could zip them up and email them perhaps?

The Rat · March 04, 2009, 04:53:19 PM

Just realised I might not even know how to use them if you did send them. I tried downloading from a couple of sites I found myself and couldn't get them to install, and also couldn't understand the technobabble that one of them suggested for installation.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! I HATE being computer illiterate!

kitnut617 · March 04, 2009, 05:17:02 PM

Check this site:

http://hans.presto.tripod.com/fonts/stencil5.html

The Rat · March 04, 2009, 05:47:51 PM

Quote from: kitnut617 on March 04, 2009, 05:17:02 PM
Check this site:

http://hans.presto.tripod.com/fonts/stencil5.html

Yeah, that's the site I tried, couldn't get them to work. Probably me.

kitnut617 · March 04, 2009, 05:51:08 PM

Download them into their own directory. then you have to add the fonts to your Words or Excel and printer. They don't work if you try to use them from the website

The Rat · March 04, 2009, 06:12:13 PM

Quote from: kitnut617 on March 04, 2009, 05:51:08 PM
Download them into their own directory. then you have to add the fonts to your Words or Excel and printer. They don't work if you try to use them from the website

Tried that. Hit the download button and one disappeared into the bowels of my Bambleweeny 57, and the other just came up as a picture that I couldn't work with. Got a message during each download about them not being valid files or summat.

kitnut617 · March 04, 2009, 06:23:27 PM

Yeah, I'm trying to remember how I went about it, I know I got the fonts to download into my AutoCad.

rallymodeller · March 04, 2009, 07:02:40 PM

They are available at Simmers' Paintshop. Cruise thru the available fonts, there are some good ones.

The Rat · March 04, 2009, 07:13:20 PM

Thanks, I'll have a go at those. Probably tomorrow after a good rest.

Steeling myself for the task...

PR19_Kit · March 05, 2009, 03:02:24 AM

Jeremy,

Well done, Simmer's paintshop is the place I got them from.

I found that if you use WinXP or blasted Vista (I HATE it!!!!) the trick is to download the various files, and they are in different forms sadly, and then install them into the 'Fonts' directory in the main 'Windows' directory by doing it from the 'Control Panel'. Just copying and pasting doesn't work for some reason.

Once you've done that they appear in Word and Excel anyway, you don't need to install them in the apps specifically. Likewise I use PaintShopPro 4 and 7 and they appear in the Fonts menu there as well.

I've not had any problems using the downloaded RAF fonts for my FS repaints, and while I've successfully ported some FS schemes across to make decals, I haven't actually done an RAF or RN model as yet. I can't see any reason why it shouldn't work though.

kitnut617 · March 05, 2009, 08:04:11 AM

That's what I'm doing wrong, I need to install them into the font directory, thanks Kit.