Friday Freebie SOS:
How to "Fix" Flaws in This Scan of Blank Business Custom Letterhead Paper Using Inkscape
I found three sheets of vintage business letterhead (see below) while on vacation in June in the Minocqua. Wisc. area. I bought all three with the idea of scanning the best of the trio and printing it as a PD. I’d convert that scan to a PDF so you can download it, print it out and type on it to your aorta’s content.
I only have Inkscape as my disposal. Any ideas on how I might ‘clear’ out the damaged areas on my laptop? I appreciate any quick tips.
As you can see, old fold marks mar the paper. When I started to look online for more information on Swift & Company, I discovered an eBay item, an invoice from 1914 with the same logo and typeface. Swift & Company looks like it might have been a meatpacking company, whether it survives today is unclear. Maybe you know more?
That 1914 date seems likely since I also bought dated letters from 1913 and 1914 (one’s from the Oliver Typewriter Company) from that same collection in the Minocqua antique shop.
Anyhow, I would like to type on a print of this paper myself. Another question: the paper appears to be a cream-colored. I think it would be better just to have the logo and type in black on a white background. How can I convert the cream color to white in Inkscape?
I look forward to your help so I can scan more letters, remove the text and share them with you for some typing fun.
Well, not in Inkscape, but in Photoshop, you'd greyscale and increase contrast to blow away the color, then just crop the folds out and place the logo on a fresh letter layout. Then you can drop it into inkscape and vector it.