Firefighter needs help!

Apr 17, 2011 at 01:18

Hi! I am a firefighter that is in charge of Pre-incident planning. I need to find a FONT that has some simple map building construction symbols. Stair case, Elevator, Electrical box, Fire Hydrant, FDC, Roof Access, Key Symbol, Underground tank, Alarm Panels, etc.

The NFPA symbols are Ok for some of these.

Please Help if you can!
GregD48

Apr 17, 2011 at 08:41

What is a NFPA?

Myotis

Apr 17, 2011 at 09:31

koeiekat said

What is a NFPA?

National Fire Protection Association

Apr 17, 2011 at 09:44

Are we talking about this?
http://www.shapesource.com/scripts/stencils.asp?idStencil=218
or this?
http://thurstontraining.com/Documents/NFPA170_Standard_on_Fire_Safety_Symbols.pdf

Edited on Apr 17, 2011 at 10:02 by koeiekat

Apr 18, 2011 at 02:27

koeiekat

Thanks for the response!

You did send me the link to the NFPA - Nation Fire Protection Agencey FONTS:

http://www.shapesource.com/scripts/stencils.asp?idStencil=218

I need some of these as well as a simple font that would represent a KEY , Fire Hydrant, Stair case, FDC, and electrical panel, ect.

Is there someone that would be able to draw all of the Fonts we would be interested in and put them under one Font title?? We have all of these symbols in MacDraft but the computer is so old that I am unable to Zip it up and send it to anyone. I could scan a hard copy and send it to someone.

Thanks again!
GregD

Apr 18, 2011 at 03:02

gregd48 said

We have all of these symbols in MacDraft but the computer is so old that

GregD

Can you export to pdf, dwg or dxf ?

Apr 18, 2011 at 05:17

claudeserieux

It says I can export to: PNG, BMP, JPEG, TGA, TIFF, SGI Image & Quick Time Image

vinz

Apr 18, 2011 at 09:19

these are all raster file format .. to make a font we need vector files. Do you have these symbols in a pdf file for instance?
A raster at a big size can be vetorized, but the result sometimes suck. Try exporting them in PNG, in googd quality, we'll have a look.

Edited 2 times. Last edit on Apr 18, 2011 at 09:27 by vinz

Apr 18, 2011 at 10:12

I tried exporting to the PNG format and they didn't come up when I opened it on the PC. They do come up as a JPEG but you can tell the quality is not as good anymore. I would love to draw these or have someone draw them that knows what they are doing. This is not my area of expertise. I appreciate all the help!

Thank you.
GregD

#10

Apr 18, 2011 at 10:55

Export one as grayscale PNG and BMP at least 650 pixels high and post them here so we can see what you are talking about.

@vinz
As these are all symbols with straight lines vectorizing should not be a problem I think.

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vinz

Apr 18, 2011 at 14:01

ok, maybe you should post all the jpg, so we can evaluate the work to do (number of symbols, complexity,...) if we have to re-draw it.

#12

Apr 18, 2011 at 16:34

The problem is how thick the lines in the font.

http://cjoint.com/11av/ADsqG6lPWlj.htm

#13

Apr 18, 2011 at 17:36

That is a pure vector claudeserieux, not an outline. That is why a bitmap is sometimes better to start with.

#14

Apr 18, 2011 at 18:01

The size of the shapes which is accurate enough

http://cjoint.com/11av/ADsr8pQZhGG.htm

#15

Apr 18, 2011 at 21:05

Yes, of course, but it is a single line, thickness determined by the vector properties. Not filled outlines as is digital type.

Edited on Apr 18, 2011 at 21:07 by koeiekat

#16

Apr 18, 2011 at 21:56

koeiekat said

Yes, of course, but it is a single line, thickness determined by the vector properties. Not filled outlines as is digital type.

It's ideal for software cad.

Contrary to a font

http://cjoint.com/11av/ADsvWoSIdNR.htm

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