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macedon
Posted 2018-12-09 4:36 PM (#574938)
Subject: 57 De Soto back letters



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Ok, at first I dismissed it as me being just too picky. But my eye kept getting drawn back to it. The letters on the back of my car aren't even. The middle letters are definitely lower than the ones on the ends. So I'm getting annoyed thinking my car was Monday car or the worker that drilled the holes had a hangover. Sigh. But you know what my hardtop is the same way. Just looks wrong to me but i'll get over it.



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57burb
Posted 2018-12-09 5:56 PM (#574945 - in reply to #574938)
Subject: RE: 57 De Soto back letters



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Those letters are on a bulbous part of the trunk lid. What looks "weird" while directly standing above it with a straight edge may be visually perfect from the car sitting behind you at a light.

Did you also notice that your trunk letters are not all the same size, and they don't have the same font 'padding' either? Notice that the "S" is much closer to the center than the "O". That's intentional. The designers were trying to achieve visual balance, not scientific precision. If they were all spaced evenly, the 'DES' half would appear crowded and the 'OTO' half would appear sparse.
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56D500boy
Posted 2018-12-09 7:08 PM (#574949 - in reply to #574938)
Subject: RE: 57 De Soto back letters



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We've been around (and around) on this topic before.

I think the bottom line is the letters are arranged to be parallel to something that is curved and therefore, not in a straight line.

Some examples:





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macedon
Posted 2018-12-09 7:18 PM (#574950 - in reply to #574938)
Subject: Re: 57 De Soto back letters



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I'm not the best on the art part... need to channel my feng shui I guess
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macedon
Posted 2018-12-11 8:36 AM (#575047 - in reply to #574945)
Subject: RE: 57 De Soto back letters



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Stood back a bit and admired the perfection of art. Looks great.
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57burb
Posted 2018-12-11 10:01 PM (#575087 - in reply to #575047)
Subject: RE: 57 De Soto back letters



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Truly, about as artistic as cars ever got!
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