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Originally Posted by the man
This is insane. There is no way we can fit 4 numbers on an "8" inch bumper. Actually 10.5 ish. I would hate to have to rework our bumpers so the audiance can read one side. Its to hard to read the other three....
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Here's what I did for the short-bumper numbers:
1. opened MS Paint
2. define image to 6" x 10.5"
3. select text tool
4. make text area cover all of the image
5. in text toolbar, set font to Blue Highway Condensed (after some experimentation with typefaces)
6. set text height to 290 (points - there are 72 points in an inch) You have to type the number in here. It is not one of the drop-down selection options.
7. select Bold type
8. click in the text area to get blinking insertion point vertical bar
9. type as much of your number as you can. If you're lucky you'll get it all on the first try. If not don't despair. see steps 11a-11d
10. If your entire number fits side-to-side, skip to step 12
11a. to get the remaining digits for your number to fit, you can go to block selection mode and do some manual kerning (move the digits you have completed closer to each other on the left side of the image)
11b. back in text mode, make an entry area further to the right
11c. type the remaining digit(s)
11d. dress and align the new digit with the previous ones as in 11a.
12. block selection mode and put a tight marquee selection around your number
13. cursor to the tiny little square "handle" in the middle of the right side of the dashed line marquee
14. click and drag your selection to the right to "fatten" the digits. They are already 4" high, you are just going to make them 10 or so inches wide.
15. print them unscaled on a single sheet of letter paper landscape mode.
16. take them to your printer, painter, letter-maker for fabrication of something you can stick on the side of your short bumper.
HTH - glad to clarify if necessary.