C&C 33 mark ii Windstar: Graphics detail

Tuesday 18 May 2021

Graphics detail

As can be seen in the "before" pictures below, windstar's graphics were getting tired.

I found an app online and after experimenting with a few different approaches I decided that radical change was not required, and that windstar could be enlivened with a few tweaks to the basic theme.

Tired.....

The graphics were likely installed in the late 1980's and looked ok from afar but far from OK up close. Time to refresh!

Below are the fonts and materials chosen, and the specification provided to Derrick at Edgevinyl. the screen font may not be 100% accurate.

1) - To be used for topsides, port and starboard. Existing letter height 7”, baseline width 53”. W is 9 7/8” across its top, line weight 2 ¾”.

a. Font below is Avenir Next LT Pro bold italic.

WINDSTAR

2) - To be used for transom, letter height 6”, approx. 74” radius, baseline width (chord) approx. 45” as per current. W is 8 3/8” across top, line weight is 1 9/16”. (note - this was later determined to be an elliptical arc, so the radius is not a constant 74")

a. Font below is Avenir Next LT Pro bold.

WINDSTAR

3) - To be used the reg numbers on either side of the bow, and also for the transom, applied below name horizontally as is currently. Letters are 3” high, line weight ½”.

a. Font below is Avenir Next LT Pro Demi.

b. As there will only be one row of text, letter height should increase to 4”.

TORONTO

We also created a four pointed star and Derrick incorporated that into the transom file. The fonts chosen above were not all available in Derrick's go-to program Corel Draw, so we chose close approximations. The curve was not actually a constant radius, it is a section of an ellipse. Derrick fixed that in Corel.