Well, after one day’s work, I’m able to export that from Illustrator CS. This will (hopefully, eventually) be printed out similar to how an arcade game control panel overlay is made and applied to the control panel of my x0xb0x.

Provided I’m able to properly make the synth itself, I’d like to take what you see above and use it as a foundation for something really nice looking. Currently it is just the original CP, brought into Illustrator, broken out into layers for various parts, and the SAW / SQR waveform indicators replaced with waveforms that I just drew.

Currently everything, including the text, is vector, so it can all be moved / changed pretty easily. Tomorrow I’ll likely get going on the hardest part of the whole art portion of the job. That is, taking the TIFF file for the panel seen here and re-drawing it in a vector format. I also want to make the text in the TIFF consistent with the rest of the panel.

Then will come playing with the color of the whole thing. I think the keys should (obviously) be black / white. Everything around it… I don’t know. I’m thinking that (if I can) I may do the whole panel in black with white text. Then a nice red Steve Jackson-esque All-Seeing Eye could be placed in the blank space just to the left of the volume knob. Or… I don’t know. I’ll see what I find out when I talk to the print shop tomorrow. That is, if they can do it…

Do any of you have a copy of the font Bank Gothic? I guess it supposedly comes with Windows, but I’m not seeing it here… I need it for part of the x0xb0x layout I’m trying to do.

Thanks!

UPDATE: I should add that I need it in TTF for Windows. Thanks!

To Do Tomorrow:
· Order Elenco XP-720K power supply kit.
· Order additional soldering iron tips (very fine cone, or something similar, different from what comes with Weller WES51 (ETA). Person at the place I ordered things from happily added to the order.
· Look for a good deal on a scope (maybe 50mhz or so) on eBay. Hopefully less than US$100. Currently bidding…

Hey everyone… I’m trying to find some place to get something printed at, but I’m really not sure where to start looking.

First off, I’m looking to have a set of overlays printed for the x0xb0x I hope to make soon. My idea for this overlay is to have something similar to an arcade game control panel overlay, which is similar to the heavy plastic adhesive ads stuck to the floor of some grocery stores.

My understanding is that these are typically printed on the back of a piece of plastic, and then the adhesive is applied to the back. Or, it is printed on adhesive vinyl then the textured plastic is applied to the top of that.

So, this brings about the question of where one would get something like this printed.

I’m thinking that I’ll first try the sign printing place in downtown Utica, as one of the services they advertise is custom printed car wraps, and this isn’t too different. But, do any of you know some place to get this made up?

Thanks!