Well we finally got the Registration and Title for our new boat. So I need to get some numbers made to display on the boat to be legal. I'm trying to spend a little time in Adobe to get something that's going to look decent. No way am I just going to slap on some ugly square mailbox numbers on it.
The Minnesota 2009 Boating Guide Book states that:
- the numbers/letters must be 3" high, block style characters
- must be on the front half of the boat
- must contrast the backround
Now some of that I feel is a bit up for interpretation. "Block Style" is a bit generic. But the fonts I've chosen I feel would be considered that, since they are much more Block Like than the ones I've seen at Gander Mountain. But seems to be a pretty vaque rule.
Also, the contrasting backround. Well how contrasting? You'll see in some of mine I have a light blue on a dark blue that I feel contrasts somewhat, but others may not. Can't say I like the wording of their rules, but oh well.
If anyone else who's good with Adobe wants to give it a try and see if they can make something clean looking, feel free! The numbers you'll see on my example are the exact numbers my boat will need, so please use those numbers if you try some of your own. Also if there's any boat experts (peter) around that might be able to tell me if some of these would for sure land me tickets because they don't contrast enough...
Here's the original picture:
Here's some ideas I've had thus far. I've tried to keep it clean by using colors that are already on the boat (dark blue paint, light blue pin stripe, red pin stripe, white paint, yellow from the pin striping decals in the rear, etc).
You'll see I used some different fonts, colors, gradient fills, etc.
