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Allowing for the fact that the emboss might have distorted the letterform very slightly, the weights look exactly right for Academy Engraved.
More characters might help with a definite ID.
Cheers!
Jim
It's one of the many, many weights of Futura. on a by-eye comparison, my money is on Future Heavy.
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Jim
It turns out, it is Myriad Pro [Semi bold]. Thanks nonetheless Jim, I appreciate it
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It turns out, it is Myriad Pro [Semi bold]. Thanks nonetheless Jim, I appreciate it
You're not wrong. My apologies.
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Jim
Mmm. That's pretty hard to see! If I squint and look at it sideways, it kinda looks like American Typewriter but that's very much a guess ...
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Jim
Am I drunk or did Microsoft make something nice?
Ok, I just saw this on a Windows Live error page. At first I thought it was a new font, it was simple, clean and I liked it. Then I realized it was a Microsoft page and that it might just look nice in comparison to the rest of the page. I had a second glance, cropped it and now it just looks like a boring old font to me. However, I cannot find it in my collection and am left wondering if maybe it is something new.... or if the 2 bellinis I had with dinner affected me more than I thought they would.
If someone could just please shed some light on this and help me determine whether this font means Microsoft finally got a decent designer or if I'm a just bit tipsy and finding beauty in mediocrity surrounded by dated design.
Ok, I just saw this on a Windows Live error page. At first I thought it was a new font, it was simple, clean and I liked it. Then I realized it was a Microsoft page and that it might just look nice in comparison to the rest of the page. I had a second glance, cropped it and now it just looks like a boring old font to me. However, I cannot find it in my collection and am left wondering if maybe it is something new.... or if the 2 bellinis I had with dinner affected me more than I thought they would.
If someone could just please shed some light on this and help me determine whether this font means Microsoft finally got a decent designer or if I'm a just bit tipsy and finding beauty in mediocrity surrounded by dated design.
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Maybe, but their readers LOVE that stuff.
Besides, everybody needs a change of scenery now and then!
Guys. I KNOW typography. My buddy Phil Baldus, was a nationally renowned typsetter back in the Golden 80's.I own his 'BIG BOOK'. I own and use Fontographer. I know fonts. Why are you dissing a face just because you are stuck on ID'ng variations of Caslon, Times, Helvetica etc? There are some very useful headline faces out there if you can stand to get out of a rut now and then. Not every font needs to be instantly readable. Ask the Gamers out there what I mean.
Sorry to rant but you made me get 'hot under the collar'.
Perhaps not instantly, but at least vaguely readable is something of a pre-requisite in a font. I also know typography and would certainly use more abstract or flamboyant fonts -- perhaps in combination with something more traditional, playing one off against the other, but my primary concern is always going to be readability.
Don't assume that because I have a differing opinion, it's because I don't know any better.
Cheers
Jim
