Bumpers and Team Number

[princessnatalie]

After finishing bumper making last night, and getting ready to paint numbers on bright and early this morning, one of my fellow teammates directed me to this thread.

At first I was frustrated, but it is possible to make the numbers fit. Our smallest bumper is 9 inches and our team number is 2471 so not exactly small (length-wise) but not long either.

I suggest starting by folding a piece of paper to the exact dimensions and free handing numbers on to see how crowded they are going to look. Which disappointed me, since I am all about making things pretty.
However, using Arial Narrow font size 450 (I believe) and changing the stroke or the outline of the text, I got numbers that fit perfectly.
So while the task is daunting, it is doable