redgriffins38 Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 (edited) OK dumb question but dose anyone know what the font style that was used on the US naval aircraft from the 60’s was? Or is there even a style. I need to make some decals for an airplane I am working on. Thanks! Edited May 22, 2010 by redgriffins38 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ikar Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 If they follow the Air Force from about that same time I don't think there was a font style then. My A.F.T.O. 1-1-4 does not list any type of font used for aircraft. All it shows is the style of letters and where they go on each type of aircraft.. At least I don't remember seeing any. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fanakit Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 A few years ago I've made US NAVY font, you can download it here (it's free) : http://rapidshare.com/files/390441959/Usn_Font.ttf (15Ko) or if you prefer I can send it by mail send me your Email by PM Ivan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mlicari Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 I'm not the original poster, but thanks for that Navy font! Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terryt Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 (edited) I'm not sure if there is an official name for the font, however, TLai Enterprises sells several military fonts, they call their navy font Longbeach. You can see and buy it here. http://www.tlai.com/med_des/modeling.html Edited May 22, 2010 by terryt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff Herne Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 (edited) We do masks of USN/USMC and USAF fonts. They are different... USN/USMC uses IAW MIL-STD 2161A www.modelerswarehouse.com Jeff Edited May 23, 2010 by Jeff Herne Quote Link to post Share on other sites
redgriffins38 Posted May 24, 2010 Author Share Posted May 24, 2010 Hey everyone! Thank you for your help! I think the info you all have give me will help greatly! THANK YOU! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bullet1 Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Hi gang, I was air crew in 1966-69 with vs-38. I'm building an RV-14A and want to mark it like our S-2E and S-2G aircraft So I'm trying to nail down the Font used back then. Any help? Thanks John Brouillette USN (RET) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bullet1 Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 the RV-14A is a 2 place low wing kit aircraft from Van's Aircraft. This is not a model it is an actual aircraft Quote Link to post Share on other sites
82Whitey51 Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Here are the pages from the Navy MIL-STD-2161A. This style of lettering has been in use on USN aircraft since late WWII. In most web sites where fonts are down loadable, you see it referred to as "Longbeach", "Norfolk", or even "USN Stencil". It differs from the USAF font (Amarillo) in that USAF has a 45 degree angle cut on the letters/numbers where as the Navy is 30 degree and the characters are wider. These are the pages we would use in the fleet to apply letters and numbers to our aircraft. Rarely however would you ever see a "2" done as shown here, with the lower leg "cut". We did that on one of our aircraft once and the Skipper didn't like how it looked, so we filled it in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andyf117 Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 (edited) The downloadable font linked to below was created using the above - the corresponding page from 1971's MIL-I-18464G shows minor differences for just a couple of characters, namely the slightly-wider top of the 'A', and the square leg of the fore-mentioned '2': https://www.moddb.com/mods/aces-typografics/addons/aces-mil-std-2161c Edited September 19, 2023 by andyf117 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bullet1 Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Thanks This helps a bunch! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spejic Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 I've made some decals for Navy and Marine aircraft of the period, and the lettering was very, very inconsistent. You could have half a dozen different letter aspect ratios / spacings on the same aircraft. If you are trying to replicate the markings of a particular aircraft, it's best to get good pictures and just trace over what was lettered on the real thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SERNAK Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 On 5/23/2010 at 9:17 PM, Jeff Herne said: We do masks of USN/USMC and USAF fonts. They are different... USN/USMC uses IAW MIL-STD 2161A www.modelerswarehouse.com Jeff Hi Jeff, How small can you make the masks? For example, can you make masks for S/N numbers for Skyhawks and Tiger IIs in 1/72? Many thanks, Bill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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