Writing font of brand BLANCHET LOCATOP

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Writing font of brand BLANCHET LOCATOP

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Hi,
I am searching this logo BLANCHET LOCATOP,
LOGO BLANCHET.jpg
which was sponsor of some french drivers during years 84-86, as Philippe Streiff with Ligier JS25
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Please,what is the writing font I could use with Word ?
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Problem with these "old" logos is that they are probably handmade. But there are lots of free "online"tools out there that will search fonts for you. But I fear you will need a bigger/better image for the software to work properly.
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Searching for fonts used in sponsor logos is labour intensive and hardly ever results in finding exact match.
What i do: i look for font that comes close, and alter it in a vector drawing programme like illustrator, coreldraw or even photoshop.

A good start seems to be': bernard MT condensed. If not on your pc, you'll need to download font and install in font folder of your pc.
Individual characters need to be widened a bit, the 'openings' in char 'O' need to be made a little more oval.

If you can't find minimal match: completely draw font in vector environment

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Better view on sponsor log

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Hello Wim,
Thank you very much for your replies
You have found directly the good shape , which needs only small adjustments

I take the opportunity to ask you a question about the possiblity of this 956 decoration at 1/24 scale : it does not exist , would you release it please ?

Thank you for all
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Most logos do not use standard fonts. And even if there is a font out there, for something like this, drawing it from scratch is probably faster than searching endlessly for the perfect font.
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Agree with Michael. Anyway I have this as I made a Streiff figure :)
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This is SuperClarendon, and it might be close enough. I did remove the serifs from the center arm of the 'E' though.
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Hi,
Thank you to every people for having spend time to reply and find solutions
Sorry, I could not reply before, but during the time, I've also drawn this as follow using your tips
BLANCHET red.jpg
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