It has been way too long since my last “History of Joakim Soria” post. I have a lot more years ready to go I just get distracted with my other projects and don’t get them posted enough. This post is dedicated to 1984 Topps. Definitely one of Topps classic designs but I am not a huge fan of it. I actually consider it the retarded cousin of 1983 Topps. 1983 Topps had a smooth, curvy design with the nice inset picture and Topps tried to go back to the same design template and just square things up. It ends up being too rigid in my opinion. I also do not like the font for the team name or the pink background behind the mugshot. I’ve picked on it enough, it is still a classic Topps design no matter my opinion. I like the picture here and how it fits on the card, I’ve often said how much I like pictures that are a little unusual and this one fits the bill. Look for another “History of Joakim Soria” installment soon.
A Hair Off Square custom cards
A Hair Off Square
A Hair Off Square 
Love the midget players in the background there
Also, although I haven’t found the exact font for it, I used Corbel for the player name and worked out very nicely.
Sample: http://harveyberkman.deviantart.com/gallery/29100085#/d3bilif
That font does work far better than anything I found. I traced each letter on mine to match, it works but I have to start over if I want to change teams. Yours have a nice clean look, especially like the Chapman.
The Chapman is my favorite ’84 too. How’d you make the team name?
I just used Myriad bold, it is a little rough but the ultimate goal on font matching these cards is to make it look like the right font and not be noticeable.