(x) Geometric text sans w/ low x-height and vertical tail on Q - Vogue {Mark Foster}
Hello all.
I’m wondering exactly what typeface this is. It has a lot in common with Futura, but it’s an odd variation on the style. Note, the vertical cross of the Q. (Much like whatever the New Yorker uses in their “listings” section.
http://www.sweaterthieves.com/uploaded_images/mysteryletters.gif
online image at link above.
Thanks in advance for any help.
–Jonathan
p.s. Thanks for the title edit moderators. I’ll work on that.
29.Oct.2007 7.42am
Thank you Mark. That was quick.
Too bad it is called Vogue. Any google searches will probably only yield a million items related to the famous magazine’s typography.
Oh well. This certainly helps.
Best.
JB
29.Oct.2007 7.54am
Too bad it is called Vogue. Any google searches will probably only yield a million items related to the famous magazine’s typography.
You can search the Global Type database.
29.Oct.2007 8.08am
I would say Vogue Medium or Bold. H&FJ’s Verlag will get you close.
Can’t remember where I found this image of Vogue (Light), perhaps the old H&FJ web site:
29.Oct.2007 8.18am
29.Oct.2007 11.08am
’superficially resebles Futura’, understatement, lol. It even has the odd characters in Special No. 8, like that ’r’.
29.Oct.2007 11.24am
Yeah, and ‘Special No. 3’ is the Kabel enhancement. Someone should do an OpenType version with stylistic subsets; the Early-20th-Century-German-Geometric-Sans-All-In-One-Font … ;°)
29.Oct.2007 12.09pm
We have discussed Vogue here before:
http://www.typophile.com/node/730
http://www.typophile.com/node/36632
29.Oct.2007 12.48pm
Yes, Stephen, thanks. I found one of those discussions while hunting around. So, another related question, how about that typeface that The New Yorker uses for their listings? Is that commercially available? Is it Vogue? It has the telltale Q.
29.Oct.2007 4.04pm
Care to post a visual sample so we can see what you’re talking about?
30.Oct.2007 11.18am
Also, check out Neutraface and Neutraface 2. They both have that Q.