Thanks defiantone :) Right, Gas is not free but that's also not the right one. Some letters remain totally different though: /S, /E and /&. May be they simply recreated these letters from Gas too.
interesting. searched identifont to find more info, and they show 2 foundries. the one linked above and Fountaintype. visiting their link reveals the following:
plus, i wouldn't put it past the HRRA to modify it for themselves. looks better.
Gas isn't quite it, but I think it was the source font for whatever customization happened. At any rate, it'll work fine for my purposes. Thanks everyone!
i wouldn't put it past the HRRA to modify it for themselves.
As long as they don't redistribute it.
BTW some people redraw a font once they develop qualms about how they originally made it... In fact I wouldn't be surprised if Fountain has asked T26 to stop distributing Gas, but were rejected. But it's just a hunch.
Larry, if you can wait for the more legit version, please do.
25 Feb 2013 — 10:19am
That's so bad it's gotta be a freebie.
25 Feb 2013 — 10:51am
Hideous, but unfortunately I still need to track it down.
25 Feb 2013 — 11:07am
The ampersand looks like it was made from Serpentine's.
hhp
25 Feb 2013 — 1:45pm
Don't know this one and tend to agree with Nick, most probably a freebie or at least heavily customized. The only one that came to my mind is Gas.
25 Feb 2013 — 1:54pm
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/t26/gas/
right on Ryuk. amazingly, not free.
25 Feb 2013 — 1:57pm
The guy's come a long way, though - Satura is amazing.
hhp
25 Feb 2013 — 2:51pm
Thanks defiantone :) Right, Gas is not free but that's also not the right one. Some letters remain totally different though: /S, /E and /&. May be they simply recreated these letters from Gas too.
25 Feb 2013 — 3:12pm
interesting. searched identifont to find more info, and they show 2 foundries. the one linked above and Fountaintype. visiting their link reveals the following:
plus, i wouldn't put it past the HRRA to modify it for themselves. looks better.
25 Feb 2013 — 3:42pm
Gas isn't quite it, but I think it was the source font for whatever customization happened. At any rate, it'll work fine for my purposes. Thanks everyone!
—AP
25 Feb 2013 — 3:46pm
As long as they don't redistribute it.
BTW some people redraw a font once they develop qualms about how they originally made it... In fact I wouldn't be surprised if Fountain has asked T26 to stop distributing Gas, but were rejected. But it's just a hunch.
Larry, if you can wait for the more legit version, please do.
hhp
25 Feb 2013 — 3:47pm
both publishers list Peter Bruhn as designer.
25 Feb 2013 — 3:54pm
Yes, I know.
hhp