Discussion Question and Answer Thread

[Greater Gattsby]

like when malcon blight kicked a point running into a open goal square!

A few of my favourites:
Bruce Doull

Francis Bourke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=_2lgDdf0HF8&NR=1
Wayne Harmes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=qTF6nmLCCWg&feature=endscreen
Peter Hudson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=FPZQdjo9Cck

 

[West_Coast_Eagles]

I wish they do a wayne carey/glen archer one

 

[Mero]

Mero, with all due respect, may Chris Elliott have played for Fitzroy in the reserves?

Maybe you could surf google and find that out. I'm not sure.


It's possible he could have, but then, in the years he might have, someone else was number 17.

 

[Groupie_]

Mero Did clubs ever sell jumpers with VFL and sponsor patches in the 70s and 80s to the supporters?

Would something like this have ever been sold to supporters:

 

[Mero]

Mero Did clubs ever sell jumpers with VFL and sponsor patches in the 70s and 80s to the supporters?

Would something like this have ever been sold to supporters:

Certainly not the lace-up jumpers, but I don't even think jumpers with sponsor logos were sold until the printed ones came out, in the mid 90s.

 

[Stromageddon]

Does anyone have a better image of the logo in the background?

 

[Andonis1997]

I think the bottom of the circle has 1892 on it.
So it'd say COLLINGWOOD FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED·1892·

Either that, or MAGPIES like Port Adelaide's logo.

 

[makri]

Certainly not the lace-up jumpers, but I don't even think jumpers with sponsor logos were sold until the printed ones came out, in the mid 90s.

Jumpers with sponsors logos could certainly be purchased in the 80's, i.e. collingwood jumpers with Mini Skips on them.

Clubs would also sell the sponsor logo patches at the club shop, got s Spicers Paper patch from Vic Park in the late 80's on got my mother to stitch it on to my jumper.

 

[Stromageddon]

Why do GWS have Canberra on the back of their jumper?

I'm not against the idea at all, but I don't understand the necessity for it.

 

[Bacon Warrior]

Why do GWS have Canberra on the back of their jumper?

I'm not against the idea at all, but I don't understand the necessity for it.

To remind Canberra they (sort of) have a team, perhaps??

 

[Stromageddon]

Canberra already have their own guernsey though.

 

[Silent Alarm]

Why do GWS have Canberra on the back of their jumper?

I'm not against the idea at all, but I don't understand the necessity for it.

It's a thinly veiled advertisement for Canberra. They probably stipulated that they wanted a bit of a presence on the home jumper. But it seems it isn't all that thinly veiled!

 

[West_Coast_Eagles]

Canberra goverment

 

[Stromageddon]

I guess that makes sense, sort of.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Does anyone know where I can download FF Din (the font for the MCG scoreboard,) Ronnia (the main font for the AFL Record from 2009-11,) Etelka (the AFL Match Centre font from 2009-2010) and Helvetica for free?

Also, does anyone know what font is used at the 'Dome for the scoreboard?

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Can someone also please tell me the font used for the Swinburne Student Amenities Association logo?

Cheers.

 

[Mero]

Does anyone know where I can download FF Din (the font for the MCG scoreboard,) Ronnia (the main font for the AFL Record from 2009-11,) Etelka (the AFL Match Centre font from 2009-2010) and Helvetica for free?

Also, does anyone know what font is used at the 'Dome for the scoreboard?

Helvetica can be downloaded here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?f2mtmmbzhoe805s

Also Helvetica 75 and Helvetica World
http://www.mediafire.com/?9lxjq4oeeaq97hb
http://www.mediafire.com/?5arzb2myd5k34r9

 

[SJ]

Mero,

While you are in here and off the back off the Australian flag/colours thread.

When did the states/colonies first use their traditional colours? Where did these colours come from?

I am mindful that these would be pre-Australian colours. The Kangaroos used to wear Queensland maroon and New South Wales sky blue.

 

[Andonis1997]

Can someone also please tell me the font used for the Swinburne Student Amenities Association logo?

Cheers.

Is this it?
To me, I'd say either an edited Helvetica or Arial. Just a rough guess, sorry.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Is this it?
To me, I'd say either an edited Helvetica or Arial. Just a rough guess, sorry.

I thought it was Downcome but someone elsewhere pretty much shut that down.

 

[Mero]

Does anyone know where I can download FF Din (the font for the MCG scoreboard,) Ronnia (the main font for the AFL Record from 2009-11,) Etelka (the AFL Match Centre font from 2009-2010) and Helvetica for free?

Also, does anyone know what font is used at the 'Dome for the scoreboard?

OK, so here's what I've done in the past.
First download FontForge. http://fontforge.org/
Open the pdf using Extract from pdf under Filter
Open your AFL Record downloaded from the State Library website.
It will list every font in the Footy Record.
One by one you open them, then save them.
It will save them as a .svd file
The go to
http://www.freefontconverter.com/ and convert the font to ttf.
Download that font to your Windows>Fonts directory and you're good to go.

Only one thing to remember, it is taking each font from the letters used in the pdf.
If a letter or number is not used in the pdf file, it will NOT come into your font.
So Q and X are rare unless Quentin Lynch and Xav Clarke are mentioned.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

OK, so here's what I've done in the past.
First download FontForge. http://fontforge.org/
Open the pdf using Extract from pdf under Filter
Open your AFL Record downloaded from the State Library website.
It will list every font in the Footy Record.
One by one you open them, then save them.
It will save them as a .svd file
The go to
http://www.freefontconverter.com/ and convert the font to ttf.
Download that font to your Windows>Fonts directory and you're good to go.

Only one thing to remember, it is taking each font from the letters used in the pdf.
If a letter or number is not used in the pdf file, it will NOT come into your font.
So Q and X are rare unless Quentin Lynch and Xav Clarke are mentioned.

Is Font Forge free to download?

 

[Mero]

Is Font Forge free to download?

Yep.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Yep.

Done.

 

[Mero]

Mero,

While you are in here and off the back off the Australian flag/colours thread.

When did the states/colonies first use their traditional colours? Where did these colours come from?

I am mindful that these would be pre-Australian colours. The Kangaroos used to wear Queensland maroon and New South Wales sky blue.

Sorry, no idea.
Not my area at all.