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Posted by silly in
11 Apr 2003 — 7:56pm
11 Apr 2003 — 7:56pm
Does anyone know what the name of this font is?
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15 Apr 2003 — 10:18am
THANKS YVES! Compacta was close enough that my customer approved the work. Had to redraw the "&" ampersand though. Not that rough of a job. Worked out well.
Thanks again
15 Apr 2003 — 12:47pm
I hope so. I am still intrigued myself. I haven't given up looking for the original font. Its gotta be out there somewhere.
20 Apr 2003 — 10:28am
It is almost entirely consistent (including the ampersand) with Haettenschweiler, a font that Microsoft has bundled with some of its products.
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Copyright reads, in part, "Data by Eraman Ltd., and Monotype Typography Inc.
12 Apr 2003 — 6:45am
Is it possible that someone messed around with Compacta/British Inserat and turned it into a stencil-like font? The lc "a" and "g" are dead giveaways. The ampersand is tr
12 Apr 2003 — 1:33pm
I was thinking the same, Yves.
14 Apr 2003 — 4:26pm
Nah, I did a check with my Bitstream version of Compacta Bold, and it's quite a bit squarer and less open. Haven't got a license to British Inserat, so I can't try that one out.
15 Apr 2003 — 11:10am
Glad to have been able to help you out, Jill. I'm still intrigued by the true identity of this typeface though. Maybe it's just a different cut of Compacta? Will we ever find out? ;)