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(x) Paris Metro sign - Metropolitain {Dav}
Posted by sleestack in
13 Jan 2006 — 10:39am
13 Jan 2006 — 10:39am
I'm looking for a classic french font, much like this one;
http://www.capperi.net/paris-metro.jpg
Any ideas?
Thanks
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13 Jan 2006 — 10:59am
'Metropolitain' :)
( Sometimes, this whole ID'ing thing is waaay easier than one may think :)
Dav
13 Jan 2006 — 11:16am
Well, when the sample actualy spells out the name of the typeface, how hard can it be? :^D
13 Jan 2006 — 11:22am
What about that ?
http://www.moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/steffmann/samples/h/hansa.htm
and it is free :)
13 Jan 2006 — 12:30pm
That isn't the same typeface.
13 Jan 2006 — 12:39pm
But these are :)
> www.moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/steffmann/samples/m/metropol.htm
> www.moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/rakowski/dr4/davy_f4.htm
( Beware : I am not sure about eventual legal issues involved with these digitisations or / and about linking to these as well, but, there you go )
Dav
13 Jan 2006 — 2:21pm
of course it's not :) But the spirit is the same… So I thought that could interest sleestack ;)
13 Jan 2006 — 2:36pm
EF Metropolitain is very similar, but I don't think it's the same.
The centre of the M doesn't reach the baseline, and I know the sample is very small but the E looks to me as though it could be based on a lower case form, and the O seems to be wider towards the bottom.
I would have thought that there would be quite a lot of information on the net about these signs, but a quick search didn't come up with much of use.
Richard
15 Jan 2006 — 12:19pm
Thanks, yeah, I was inspired after I saw these creams...The lighting makes it hard to see, but the silver font I believe is very french...
http://www.bathandbodyworks.com/sm-le-couvent-des-minimes-honey-and-shea...