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Saturday, September 20, 2008

Building my first arcade cabinet: Part VIII

Just a quick update today. I've finally finished (and printed) my marquee design!  The image above is a low-res version, with the black circles representing the location of the speaker covers. Using Inkscape (a cool open source vector art package) and borrowing some images from Arcade Art, I think I've managed to produce something that looks presentable.  I exported the completed vector image as three separate bitmaps (around 5Mb each), and printed them onto three pages of Canon glossy paper.  The print quality from our Canon MX300 printer is pretty amazing... I just hope I can somehow join the separate pages together so that it looks seamless.  Now all I have to do is track down some clear plastic sheets and work out a way to affix it to my cabinet...

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