Hello,

I'm looking for a font designer to help me create a small number ( 2-5 ) of varieties of dotted fonts.

At a minimum, I'd need:
- 1 dotted font that's close in look to a plain sans-serif like Arial
( see http://brightsigns.com/images/img2.jpg )
- 1 dotted font with serifs, something simple that looks reasonable using a single row of dots
( see the word "GOLD" here: http://brightsigns.com/images/img1.jpg )

Nice to have
- 1 dotted font that's got a "Script" look to it. Something like either "Script MT Bold", or "Lucida Handwriting"
- 1 dotted font with some kind of "Fun Feel" Comic Sans?


They'll be used for an online LED sign creator, so the use case is fairly simple. I'll be writing a script that leverages ImageMagick (imagemagick.org) to create an online proof for an LED sign.

The images will be small ( 130px X 320px, 170px X 320px, 200px X 370px ), so the font doesn't need to scale to every possible use case. Also, I don't need all the characters. Just a-z, A-Z, 0-9 and some punctuation/symbols: ., !$


FYI, it's this kind of LED sign: http://www.brightledsigns.com/products/Your_Name_Your_Message_Custom_Rectangular_LED_Sign_2_Line-4941-452.html

Specifically, it's not a programmable LED sign. That means you aren't working with a "fixed square matrix". The dots can go anywhere.


=====FONTS THAT ARE CLOSE TO WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR===========

There are a few existing fonts that are almost perfect, but each has an issue that keeps me from using it. I thought this might be helpful to clarify what I'm looking for:

1) http://www.searchfreefonts.com/free/national-first-font-dotted.htm
The dots aren't all of equal size, and the letter spacing is just a little bit too tight/close.

2) http://www.fontspace.com/christopher-jarman/jardotty
Dot's aren't equal in size, also has triangle shapes here and there that don't work.

3) http://www.fontco.com/font-info/beadchain.php
Again, close, but like the namesake, has a "thread" running through the dots I don't need, and the dots are a bit close together.

4) http://www.fontspace.com/honey-and-death/dotline
Really, really close to what I need. Minor things like the capital 'W' is too stylized, and the lowercase 'e' has a slanted horizontal line that's a bit too fancy.

===================Helpful links:===========================

Some of our signs:
http://brightsigns.com/images/img1.jpg
http://brightsigns.com/images/img2.jpg
http://brightsigns.com/images/img3.jpg
http://brightsigns.com/images/img4.jpg
http://brightsigns.com/images/img5.jpg

The website where I plan on deploying the "online proof" functionality;
http://brightledsigns.com/

Some existing proof generators for Neon and/or LED Signs:
( I don't need help creating one...other than the fonts )

http://dynamic.everything-neon.com/listdesign.php
http://www.everbriteonline.com/custom/neonintro.jsp
http://www.neonsign.com/bizsign.html

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As for budget, I'm not yet sure what the level of effort is, but this is something that would yield great benefits for me, so I'm expecting to make a reasonable investment. I'll need help from any interested candidates to get to the right figure for both of us.

I'm happy to answer any questions. Just shoot me a note, or you can email me directly at: [sales "at" brightsigns "dot" com]

==
Kerry

I'll send you an email.

dear
Kerry
i am a font designer from India
i want design font ( According to u r requarment)
plz write me
fontdesigner@yahoo.co.in

thanks
karambir
typeface designer
India (new delhi)

If you haven't heard anything, let me know. This could be a good 'part time' challenge for me to get done this weekend.

hi there,

i'm funk_king and have some fonts posted here and many more at fontstruct. i have created many dotted fonts which can be viewed here: http://fontstruct.com/fontstructors/funk_king/public/tags/Dots. the license for these fonts is currently incorrect and should be creative commons non-derivative non-commercial. although if you are interested in any of the ones i have done and want a custom job, i'm sure we could come to reasonable terms.

regards,

funk_king

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