I’ve done some fine tuning on this and feel like this is as good as it’s going to get. This included the vertical alignment of the starting and ending letters for each word to the lines above and below. Spacing between the words was also customized as they are by no means uniform. Specific letters needed to be adjusted as well. All this was done in comparison to the original picture provided by Rick Pauley. Further assistance was provided from copies sent to me done by the “mystery man”. Again, I am unfortunately unable to adjust the “underline” with the software I have.
The background colour is a very light “off-White” like the original. The main large wording is about 1/16 inch wider than Rick’s original. Line spacing and margin spacing is virtually dead on to the original.
There must have been so many of these made over the years. The one on my car has obviously been on there a long time as it was there when I bought it nine years ago. The decal on my car does not have the date, fonts are all wrong, alignment is not right and the corners are rounded. I have been asked if this decal could be done without a date and that is certainly not a problem.
I can print these myself, but all I have are inkjet printers. I’m afraid the ink would just not be durable enough (EG – should you wipe a wet rag over it). I seal clear vinyl over other decals I make, but that would not look right. As a result, I will need to approach a printer to get these done the way they should be. The original “non glued” decals have a very unique paper which hopefully a printer can replicate (thanks again to the “mystery man” for a sample). Perhaps the printer can do something about the underline as well.
So, here is where we are now. Comparisons are again pictured below. Comments welcome.
