Just awesome. Sure appreciate your efforts.
Just awesome. Sure appreciate your efforts.
Peter Kane
'72 911S Targa
Message Board Co-Moderator - Early 911S Registry #100
The thing with old decals/stickers is they were rarely perfect. They were hand-drawn back in the day. Line widths, spacing, uniformity, registration are generally off, sometimes by a lot. Mark and I have discussed this. I've done my share of imitating/reproducing artwork like this. One sure way to spot a reproduction decal is it is too perfect. Much like an overly-restored car, 'they never looked like this!'.
Hey Curt, those are all important things to consider... thanks a lot.
Another is the less-than-perfect photo on the red background was shot at an angle which fundamentally distorts how it would appear if you were viewing it from straight on.
I did my best to correct that in Photoshop but its impossible to get it exact and there's no way to know what it should be. I can't say with certainty but this font doesn't look to me like a foundry example... I'd say its a one-off a designer came up with for Siffert when he began his dealership.
So just keep in mind that unless I can find a better example, this project will always be an inexact venture.
Even so, I'm still working it to make an improvement.
Last edited by Mark Morrissey; 07-04-2022 at 02:58 PM.
The smaller decal that was on Seppi's 917 is so low resolution, I can only guess what it might look like.
There's barely anything there you can work with.
My interpretation is the top line says only 'Siffert' in the white lettering with a black stroke.
The bottom 2 lines are the same as the larger decal on the red background, only all black.
Last edited by Mark Morrissey; 07-07-2022 at 04:11 AM.
Incredible work. Given the opportunity to ask, any way to make the black border on Siffert more “natural”/uneven? Looking forward to buying the finished decal, no matter how it turns out!
Peter Kane
'72 911S Targa
Message Board Co-Moderator - Early 911S Registry #100
Now we're talking!
K --- here goes . . .
I believe your interpretation of the lettering is spot-on = Siffert | Automobiles | Freibourg
The lettering is highly stylized --- I could not find this font reproduced anywhere . . . so it's probably unique
The 'Siffert' on the top line looks mostly correct -- the lettering perhaps fractionally a bit fat . . . more noticeable in the white
The letters for 'Automobiles' + 'Freibourg' are IMO too thick --- perhaps a 50% . . . though the relative proportions look good, I think the lettering is even more compacted vertically
Anyway, very exciting to see your efforts on this --- great work!
Curious if there are any periodicals or other advertising from the period that show this
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Last edited by LongRanger; 07-05-2022 at 06:06 AM.
Yes, refining the black letters... will post update in a few days or less
I'm a buyer when done!!!
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