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(x) Tone Bender casual brush sans on mid-60s fuzz box - probably lettering, similar to Arctic
Posted by Font-A-Saurus in
25 Dec 2009 — 7:03pm
25 Dec 2009 — 7:03pm
This font is from a mid-60's fuzz box. I've been searching for this one for ages, but no luck so far. The closest I could find was Arctic2, but that one's still way off.
Anybody know this one?
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26 Dec 2009 — 5:01am
The closest I can find (quickly) is Smiley from Font Bros.
http://www.fontbros.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=DEAL-SMIL
JH
26 Dec 2009 — 10:23am
Philippe says: Artic 2 is a misspelled rework from Sam Wang for the filmotype Arctic.
26 Dec 2009 — 12:50pm
Do you think the original Filmotype Arctic is the right one? Can't find any samples of that one..
26 Dec 2009 — 1:48pm
What makes you think that is actually a font? Looks like hand-lettering to me - see the 3 different 'e'.
6 Jun 2013 — 9:26am
Interesting. I might have sourced that font sample from a 90's reissue of said fuzz box. maybe they couldn't find the exact same font again and traced the it from a 60's unit.
The other fonts on the device are Microgramma Bold Extended and Futura, so I figured that this must be a font as well.
Here's some more samples:
30 Dec 2009 — 1:20am
Note that all "e"s and "n"s seem to be the same in the second sample.
30 Dec 2009 — 9:13am
I have a German book of Script Types and it shows a range of A-named fonts, including Arctic, which are all very similar. The variations are in stroke thickness, width and slant. You can see small samples of many of them in the Solotype Catalog (p.88 and 89). I am trying to compare your images to these two sources.
- Mike Yanega
30 Dec 2009 — 9:29am
There are many more of these, some starting with J, and they are almost every variation you can imagine. In addition, Photo-Lettering had many styles that seem to be extremely similar, with completely different names. Arctic seems quite close, but nothing I saw was absolutely identical. It's possible that custom lettering was done for them by one of the lettering artists who did these similar film types.
- Mike Yanega
30 Dec 2009 — 4:07pm
> The other fonts on the device are Microgramma Bold Extended and Futura, so I figured that this must be a font as well.
If only it were so clear-cut, but alas that's not always a guarantee.
30 Dec 2009 — 4:29pm
Sure. But the chances can't be too bad, can they?
These were made in England, by the way. Maybe this helps?
31 Dec 2009 — 7:21am
The time period is during the film type era, and many of the film types were drawn freehand by lettering artists (without drawing instruments, that is). Of digital fonts I would say Arctic2, by Sam Wang is the closest I could find. URW has digitized a number of similar scripts, but in different weights, such as Arab Brushstroke, Contemporary Brush, April (which is a lot like Arctic, but condensed), and Amber (which is like a bold April). I think these all were originally Filmotype typefaces.
(I didn't link all of these, since most of them are less like your sample)
- Mike Yanega
2 Jan 2010 — 11:56pm
Too bad, I really like the one in the samples. It's got great character.
Thanks for your help, everybody! I appreciate it.
6 Jun 2013 — 9:26am
Another one on the same device: http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/1703/fontyq.png
It's very similar to Gothic 720, but Gothic 720 roman is too light, while Gothic 720 bold is too heavy.
15 Jan 2010 — 11:41am
I think you should start a new thread for this other font.
- Mike Yanega
6 Jun 2013 — 9:25am
I found another sample of that font in a 1971 movie: