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In Topic: Online Atari 2600 Label Maker : Now with Silver Labels

Posted 28 Jan 2010

swlovinist, on Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:16 PM, said:
I am working on a local fundraiser and will be giving away custom labeled atari carts. I suck with computers. I can make a label, but how do I copy and save the right size to fit an atari cart? The ones I print are way too big. I need some help.

The small labels fit correctly when printed at 150 DPI and the large labels at 360DPI. If your image software doesn't support setting the DPI for printing just set the printed width to 2.733 inches or 6.94 centimetres.

If the software you are using doesn't support custom printed sizes the image viewer IrfanView is free and does. It's available at http://www.irfanview.com/
In Topic: Online Atari 2600 Label Maker : Now with Silver Labels

Posted 28 Jan 2008

5200: Possibly
7800: Yes
NES: No
Wii: No
Genesis: No

To be a good candidate for use in the label maker there needs to be a large amount of static material on the label and a consistent style through multiple labels. Also the platform needs to be of some interest to me

wrenchien, on Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:24 PM, said:
are there any plans to make the labelmaker print out:

...5200
..7800
.. nes labels
... wii box covers
... sega genesis carts
In Topic: Online Atari 2600 Label Maker : Now with Silver Labels

Posted 2 Dec 2007

Muzer, on Sat Dec 1, 2007 8:16 PM, said:
Is this still supported? Are you gonna add new lable types?

Yes it's still supported. In the last week I've added 2 variants of Silver labels in addition to the existing text labels. You can vote as to which label type you'd like to see done next using the poll on this post.
In Topic: Online Atari 2600 Label Maker : Now with Silver Labels

Posted 28 Nov 2007

ProperRogue, on Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:32 AM, said:
For the life of me , I can't seem to find the printing dimensions anywhere in this topic. Am I missing them , or having them fly right by me?

I posted these earlier but it's a long thread.

The small labels fit correctly when printed at 150 DPI and the large labels at 360DPI. If you're image software doesn't support setting the DPI for printing just set the printed width to 2.733 inches or 6.94 centimetres.
In Topic: Online Atari 2600 Label Maker : Now with Silver Labels

Posted 24 Nov 2007

A.J. Franzman, on Sat Nov 24, 2007 8:30 PM, said:
Cropsy, on Sat Nov 24, 2007 1:02 AM, said:
Regarding the red vertical 2600 text on silver labels
Do your notes have anything on the font used for the "Use with Joystick Controller" and Copyright parts? At the moment I'm using Ergoe but it's not quite the right font.

Not specifically, only that Ergoe and Eras (as well as clones Ergo, Eric, Erie and Erlangen) may be used, in several weights (light, normal, demi, bold).

It looks like Avant Garde is a little light for the vertical "2600"; perhaps a demi or bold weight would match better. You might also try clones like Auxin, Avante, Avian, a-Lancet, etc.

Thanks for the additional info. I've settled on using Avant Garde with Photoshop Faux Bolding for the vertical 2600.

Looking at the AtariAge silver label list it seems Atari used at least 3 different fonts or variants for the controller and copyright section of silver labels.

Small rainbow with what looks like a Bold Ergoe

Small rainbow with regular Ergoe

Large rainbow with bold Avante Garde

I really wish Atari had been a little more consistent with their labels