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theNIC

macrumors member
Apr 8, 2009
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Threadless Summer Heatwave Sale

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Thanks in advanced. :D
 

gibbz

macrumors 68030
May 31, 2007
2,701
100
Norman, OK
Any Idea What This Font Is?

I found this as a picture somewhere and wanted to use it in my website.

I'm not sure what font it is. Any ideas.
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kymac

macrumors 6502a
Nov 4, 2006
677
0
portland
I posted a separate thread, not know about this one. Someone suggested I try here. Anyway, this is on a Starbucks cup...

this is not an actual typeface.. look how every 'a' is different.. this is either hand written or individual characters have been altered.
 

MacBoobsPro

macrumors 603
Jan 10, 2006
5,114
6
Anyone know this 'un?

I have this font embedded in a PDF. Is there a way to find out what it is using Acrobat? If someone knows what it is please let me know. :D
 

jbuk

macrumors regular
Jun 8, 2009
124
0
Cmd-D to open document properties, then click the 'fonts' tab.

From that list, work the font out by process of eliminationl, and searching the font names.
 

raygungirl

macrumors member
Jun 14, 2009
83
3
Arizona
this is not an actual typeface.. look how every 'a' is different.. this is either hand written or individual characters have been altered.

Actually it looks like there are only two "a" characters. The first two on the first line then "swap" on the second line. I've had fonts like that where the "caps" version is just another version of the lowercase letter. That's probably what's going on there.

Um, no idea what font it is, though. But I'm convinced it IS a font. :)
 

jasone6

macrumors member
Jan 9, 2008
94
0
I own stash! how funny that you used my logo in this forum! I surf this website all the time. Props for the free advertising. the font is proclamate incised it can be found on dafont.com

actually, I believe it's "Fette Fraktur LT Std"
 

kymac

macrumors 6502a
Nov 4, 2006
677
0
portland
Actually it looks like there are only two "a" characters. The first two on the first line then "swap" on the second line. I've had fonts like that where the "caps" version is just another version of the lowercase letter. That's probably what's going on there.

Um, no idea what font it is, though. But I'm convinced it IS a font. :)

hmm.. well there appears to be a true cap for the 'C' and the 'M'.. would the true cap 'A' just be an alternate for the lowercase? who knows! someone call up starbucks :)
 

jbuk

macrumors regular
Jun 8, 2009
124
0
Does anyone know the font of both the headline (company name) and the light grey copy?

(Image)

Thanks!

Quite small to tell, but the headline looks like Eurostile Light, the body copy Helvetica Extended, and the little sub-heading thing Futura.
 

DesignerGenes

macrumors member
May 4, 2009
35
0
Omaha, NE
I need to make a ticket that looks "old". I like this font(s), but I'm not sure which one(s) it is. It almost looks like Futura, but thats not it...any ideas?
 

Designer Dale

macrumors 68040
Mar 25, 2009
3,950
101
Folding space
Hi, Gene.

On my system ATCOakBold seems a good match. It came with my Quark 6 textbook. We had a lot of trouble with font substitutions on the HP laser with it, though.

Ariel Black looks close, and is old enough to be the right one.

This brings back a lot of memories of the Summer of Love. I was 21, and almost went to that thing...

Dale
 

Jim Campbell

macrumors 6502a
Dec 6, 2006
902
27
A World of my Own; UK
On my system ATCOakBold seems a good match. It came with my Quark 6 textbook. We had a lot of trouble with font substitutions on the HP laser with it, though.

Ariel Black looks close, and is old enough to be the right one.

Neither of those have the requisite point on the capital A. I'm a bit confused, actually, because I would swear that is Futura, which does have the pointy A, but not at the weight that's used here. Up to about Medium/Medium Bold, Futura has exactly that capital A, but as soon as you move to Heavy (which this sample looks like), the capital A develops a flat top.

Most perplexing ...

Edit to add: In fact, if you type the word SUNDAY in Futura Medium, the letter forms are an exact match, right down to the points on the uprights left top and right bottom of the N standing clear of the main character height, plus, of course, that all-important pointy A.

However, as I mentioned, as soon as you change the weight to Heavy, the N and the A both develop flat tops.

Similarly odd is the fact that WOODSTOCK MUSIC and ART FAIR is pretty much an exact match for Futura BT BoldCondensed, except for the 'and' which has the wrong kind of 'a'.

Since this dates from 1969, I'm assuming that it was either set in moveable type, or possibly lettered by hand from book of type samples. I'm wondering whether this is either a Futura variant I haven't seen (entirely possible -- there are a lot of them), or whether a hand-letterer used a lighter version of the face as the basis for the letters and then manually made the characters bolder whilst preserving the shapes.

Cheers

Jim
 

p0intblank

macrumors 68030
Sep 20, 2005
2,548
2
New Jersey
Anyone seem to know what font this is in the attached graphic? I've tried WhatTheFont and browsing my fonts, but I can't seem to figure out the name.
 

Designer Dale

macrumors 68040
Mar 25, 2009
3,950
101
Folding space
And is there a way to get a 'cheat sheet' of all your installed fonts?

Kind of. In Font Book you can select Print and click the arrow to enlarge the options. Check "Waterfall" and save as a PDF. You have to do this separately for each font family, though. You could assemble them into a single PDF later.

Dale Not much help, eh?
 

sammich

macrumors 601
Sep 26, 2006
4,305
268
Sarcasmville.
Kind of. In Font Book you can select Print and click the arrow to enlarge the options. Check "Waterfall" and save as a PDF. You have to do this separately for each font family, though. You could assemble them into a single PDF later.

Dale Not much help, eh?

Dale help much lol.

You can in fact Select All in the all collections and press print. Preview gave me a good 560 pages which I proceeded to save as PDF, then Font Book crashed on me. Each time I open Font Book now, the it won't print multiple fonts anymore, the print option in the menu just disables. Odd.
 
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