wait! I think I found it, although in a lighter weight, in my Reardon & Krebs Typographers (1955, $5 at a garage sale) - I'm pretty confident this is it, but lighter.
Jared, I think you may have gotten as close as we can get to this one. I agree Trafton has many very similar features, but my guess is that it may have been a style model for this Trans Cal logo artwork. In other words, I think the reason we have had such a hard time with this is that it is not a font at all. (I know these are sometimes 'famous last words', but I just don't think this looks like any font I've seen except House Industries "Fabulous" (at the bottom of the page), which is also rather close to this. Trafton image follows (also from the Script Guide, and note that the letters do not connect -- something it's hard to tell from sample books):
Frankly, to me this looks like some 50s air company custom drawn logo, really. I haven't got high hopes of someone finding an exact match. It all looks pretty homogenous, so I don't think there's subsituted characters or anything like that.
I have to resurrect this again.. I have not found this I still suspect it to be a font.. and as of yet have not found it I could redraw however I would like the origional font for text additions etc..
14.Oct.2003 1.04pm
Ouch. Difficult.
14.Oct.2003 1.13pm
Yves thats why I sent him here. He was getting nowhere at the MyFont Idenifcation forum. Dan
14.Oct.2003 1.16pm
> He was getting nowhere at the MyFont Identification
forum.
I don't think I can take the pressure anymore...
14.Oct.2003 1.49pm
Yves, its not just you, there are some really talented people who visit this site. Chill out and have another ice tea. Dan
14.Oct.2003 3.25pm
> Yves, its not just you
I DO get a little
Thank you for reminding me.
self-centered since I got credited co-moderator.
> there are some really talented people who visit
this site.
Are you inferring something Dan?
15.Oct.2003 8.46am
Yves, Eduardo Omine and Mike Yanega are no slouches when it comes to idenifing type. You have the troops at this site. Dan
15.Oct.2003 9.28am
All I can come up with are near misses.
Futura Script
Novelty Script by Solotype
Flair (in FontShop's Font Book, under "Script" pg 41) - Can't find it on their site
Gillies Gothic (FontShop)
Magneto (FontShop) - in the same vein, somewhat
15.Oct.2003 9.45am
wait! I think I found it, although in a lighter weight, in my Reardon & Krebs Typographers (1955, $5 at a garage sale) - I'm pretty confident this is it, but lighter.
Trafton Script [bold?] (by Bauer?) (Mentions: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
15.Oct.2003 10.20am
Jared, I think you may have gotten as close as we can get to this one. I agree Trafton has many very similar features, but my guess is that it may have been a style model for this Trans Cal logo artwork. In other words, I think the reason we have had such a hard time with this is that it is not a font at all. (I know these are sometimes 'famous last words', but I just don't think this looks like any font I've seen except House Industries "Fabulous" (at the bottom of the page), which is also rather close to this. Trafton image follows (also from the Script Guide, and note that the letters do not connect -- something it's hard to tell from sample books):
17.Oct.2003 8.24am
Any other thoughts?
17.Oct.2003 9.03am
Another quick thought.. Could the T and the C be a different font from the others .. or possibly hand drawn? and if so what font is the other part?
19.Oct.2003 1.23pm
Frankly, to me this looks like some 50s air company
custom drawn logo, really. I haven't got high hopes
of someone finding an exact match. It all looks pretty
homogenous, so I don't think there's subsituted
characters or anything like that.
31.Oct.2003 11.12am
This post keeps bumping itself up toward the top of the list, despite having no new posts since Yves' sensible conclusion on the 19th.
Thought I'd see if a new post would cure what ails it.
15.Sep.2005 8.51am
I have to resurrect this again.. I have not found this I still suspect it to be a font.. and as of yet have not found it I could redraw however I would like the origional font for text additions etc..
15.Sep.2005 9.02am
Wow, now this is a long hunt...
Maybe a record for an “active” type-ID?
hhp