Alphabet Soup...namebadge type

On the left is the original scan from my hand rendered type and below is a photoshopped version in which I increased the contrast to remove the background and darken the lines making the type stand out more on the smaller scale.

At the bottom is the final vector image created by tracing the outline from the scan in illustrator and then applying a fill pattern and deleting the stroke outline. Giving a much cleaner finish than the hand rendered versions.