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Latitude - techno freeware font?
Posted by skyrocket in
11 Sep 2003 — 7:19pm
11 Sep 2003 — 7:19pm
This one has been puzzling me for ages. I am fairly certain it is a freeware font but I've looked everywhere and can't find it. If anyone knows the answer I would be grateful...
http://www.myfonts.com/mf_private.WTFImages/000000633ecbf71c0006557700003744.jpg
(not sure how to post images correctly on this forum yet - sorry)
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11 Sep 2003 — 11:08pm
here ya go...
sorry, no ID from me
11 Sep 2003 — 11:24pm
Paul -- someone here will find it, but
can you tell us where you have been? (major places)
did you already check Identikal collection // t26 // larabie's neuropol //
angus shamal's collection // test pilot collective //
myfonts and DA FONT, the freeware mecca...
and what country is the sample from...Down Under.
Also, there's a chance that it's custom.
it's a quickie, with a cloned a/e.
bj
11 Sep 2003 — 11:34pm
Yes, the a, e looks like larabie's Saved by Zero, while the t and d looks like it could be modified from Zero Threes, also by larabie. Both fonts here.
But I assume you are obsessing about finding the EXACT match, right? Since it has been bothering you for a while?
12 Sep 2003 — 4:43am
Well, not obsessing but keen to track it down if I can!
I am not so familiar with the freeware/shareware font world as you folks but I checked out places like abstractfonts.com, 1001fonts.com, highfonts.com - those kind of places. I have run it through What The Font and the MyFonts.com forum (no-one picked it) and I have looked in every catalogue such as T-26 and House Industries that I can lay hands on. The font is unusual and for some reason I really like it. I want to use it on a logo if I find it.
12 Sep 2003 — 4:51am
whoa - Saved By Zero is close isn't it (but no lower case). I am not sure where the 'Latitude' sample is from. To be honest - a client asked me to ID it for them and I have been looking ever since!
12 Sep 2003 — 7:48pm
I'm right here. Just got home from a fourteen hour day at school - whew. Now that summer vacation is over, my font browsing time is limited to the evenings. I'll see what I can find.
And really, Cheshire Dave is much better than me anyway.
13 Sep 2003 — 9:18pm
Not a match, but Mechwar is similar.
14 Sep 2003 — 5:52pm
Thanks Lisa P and everyone. I have come to the conclusion that it is a commissioned logo font. I have done more research and the logo appears on this website http://www.latitudetower.com.au and their corporate font is Digital Sans. I therefore think the "Latitude" logo is an altered version of Digital Sans. Anyone agree there?
15 Sep 2003 — 6:05pm
Yves - yes thank you - done that now. It seems a bit of a strange method but if that's the way it is...
17 Sep 2003 — 10:52pm
I came across this when I was looking for another font. It's not exact match, but pretty close.
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/t26/euphoric/regular/testdrive.html?s=latitude&p=48
I remember seeing a boxier version of this somewhere. I think it was called neuphoric, but I can't find that anywhere.
18 Sep 2003 — 8:40am
snoopy, you mean this?
http://www.fountain.nu/catalogue/nuephoric.asp
18 Sep 2003 — 10:15am
Yeah Simon, that's the one I had in mind! My bad, I can't spell!
I was hoping it was a closer match than euphoric, but it's too boxy.
12 Sep 2003 — 3:04pm
> I am not so familiar with the freeware/shareware
font world as you folks
Well, that's not really our speciality. Where's Lisa P?
13 Sep 2003 — 7:41am
Could be, but it's still nice to have you around as well.
Fourteen hour day at school? Whew!
15 Sep 2003 — 11:39am
Quite possible. Also, this type design is very easy to
emulate (geometric design, straight lines, quarter
circle curves, no optical corrections), so if you want
more characters it won't be too hard to draw them
yourself.
15 Sep 2003 — 11:49am
> not sure how to post images correctly on this forum yet
Check the top of the page, it says Help. Go to Formatting.
Read the bit about Images, Attachments and Clipart
21 Sep 2003 — 6:57pm
Looks quite like the font that The Designers' Republic used for Platipus Records.
Although the 't' doesn't line up in the Latitude logo, whereas it does for Platipus, and also the aspect seems a little different. Sadly, I don't have any of my Platipus releases on hand to check properly, only those nasty jpegs on the Platipus site.
Personally I prefer the TDR version!