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   Darkaluke | Aug 04, 2007 08:46am | #1

    

   Hey Mike,

   I would not give the 1 a complete space because it looks funny.

   Anytime you have to deal with a "1" , I would recommend laying it out first, and finding what looks right to you.  I know you have a good eye for this.

   1's and 7's are always the odd ones...lol

    

    

   Time will do the talking, Years will do the walking...I'll just find a comfy spot and wait it out...

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   cabanillas3 | Aug 04, 2007 05:02pm | #2

   The house numbers on our remodel are over the steps to the front porch on a gable. I got a couple of sheets of paper, laid the house numbers out until they looked right, penciled around them as a template and marked the holes, and then taped the paper to the house and drilled through the paper for the holes. Worked great, no way I would have gotten things lined up working on a ladder.jose
   --
   "Though I don't think" added Deep Thought "that you're going to like it."

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   ruffmike | Aug 04, 2007 08:01pm | #7

   Thanks for the reply, these numbers will be big (10") so I am doing a scale drawing and then having it blown up. I will use a similar method as yours.

    By the way Quick Draw Mcgraw was always a favorite of mine !                            Mike

       Trust in God, but row away from the rocks.

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   WayneL5 | Aug 05, 2007 05:10am | #12

   Ten inch numbers fit on eleven inch paper.

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   ruffmike | Aug 04, 2007 07:52pm | #6

    I know you have a good eye for this.

    I'll give it a shot,

                               Mike

       Trust in God, but row away from the rocks.

   Edited 8/4/2007 12:54 pm by ruffmike

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   Darkaluke | Aug 04, 2007 08:39pm | #10

    

   Ewwwww! Yuck!

    

   Is that how ya gotta examine stuff before your morning coffee?

   lol...

    

   BTW, your #'s look great!  Are you going to post pictures of the rest of the house?

    

    

    

   Time will do the talking, Years will do the walking...I'll just find a comfy spot and wait it out...

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   ruffmike | Aug 05, 2007 12:00am | #11

   After I get it together I'll post something                            Mike

       Trust in God, but row away from the rocks.

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   ruffmike | Sep 25, 2007 01:21am | #16

   Here are a couple of follow through pictures. Used a couple of salvaged posts to make an arbor, something to get a bougainvillea growing on.

   Some bargeboard and a little gingerbread on the bay and I might be done.

   Oops let me resize them

                               Mike

       Trust in God, but row away from the rocks.

    

   Edited 9/24/2007 6:24 pm by ruffmike

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   ruffmike | Sep 25, 2007 01:27am | #17

   This should be better                            Mike

       Trust in God, but row away from the rocks.

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   DougU | Sep 25, 2007 05:17am | #18

   Looks good Mike, looks like it goes well with the place.

   Doug

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   Fishrite | Sep 25, 2007 06:24am | #19

    

   Very nice work, Mike!

   My only question is, what are the requirments for the Fire Department to find their house?

   ~ Fishrite (Darkaluke)

    

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   ruffmike | Sep 25, 2007 06:47am | #20

   I don't know of any regulations about visible addresses, I guess if the arbor catches on fire I'm out of luck. ; ^ )  The numbers are on the house also.                            Mike

       Trust in God, but row away from the rocks.

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   SamT | Aug 04, 2007 05:25pm | #3

   Type "1425" in a Word doc, adjust font size and type until you get the shapes you want. Print it, cut the digits out and arrange them to your liking.

   SamT

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   JoeBartok | Aug 04, 2007 06:30pm | #4

   I generally just eyeball the spacing and make a judgement call as to what looks pleasing.

   The numerals in the attachment were created on a Windows bitmap, Times New Roman font, size 150. To me, the spacing between the "1" and the remaining digits "425" seemed large so I pulled the other three numerals to the left ... maybe a hair more wouldn't have hurt.

   In my opinion the lower row of characters looks better. Whatcha think?

    Joe Bartok

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   HammerHarry | Aug 04, 2007 07:48pm | #5

   I think the term is 'kerning', and if I believe when I read about calligraphy, years ago, the idea is that the 'empty' space between letters or numbers should be about equal.

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   ruffmike | Aug 04, 2007 08:11pm | #9

   Yes the second image is nicer, I'll just have to use my eyeball, these #'s will be on a slight arch. Here is a victorian style I want to go with,                            Mike

       Trust in God, but row away from the rocks.

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   ruffmike | Aug 04, 2007 08:02pm | #8

   Thanks Sam, I'm playing with images now.                            Mike

       Trust in God, but row away from the rocks.

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   jimcco | Aug 05, 2007 07:54pm | #13

   Get on your word processor, set the font size to something like 72 then try different font styles for the whole number. Set page layout to Landscape and all 4 digits will fit. Some fonts use fixed chairacter space some try to make the space look nice by varying them.

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   ruffmike | Aug 05, 2007 08:30pm | #14

   thanks, I.ll give it a try today.                            Mike

       Trust in God, but row away from the rocks.

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   jimcco | Aug 05, 2007 11:36pm | #15

   I think you'll find Courer font is uniform character width while Arial and Times New Roman are uniform space between chairacters.