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(x) font id needed / 'Canola' - modified Helvetica Ultra Compressed {Stephen, Marc O}

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Posted by Blind Balance in
3 Jun 2010 — 9:40pm

any help is greatly appreciated.

thanks

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Stephen Coles
3 Jun 2010 — 10:21pm
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The only thing in this genre that has the curve in the 'a' is Helvetica, but it's not nearly as square. How old is this sample?

marcox
3 Jun 2010 — 10:21pm
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It's a modified Helvetica Ultra Compressed. Look at the 'o' -- it's round on the top and flat on the bottom.

http://new.myfonts.com/search/(helvetica+ultra+compressed)/fonts/?testdrive=dock%3Dfalse%26size%3D194%26w%3D600%26src%3Dcustom%26text%3DCanola%26fg%3D000000%26bg%3Dffffff%26goodies%3D%26seed%3D43

Blind Balance
3 Jun 2010 — 11:12pm
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I don't actually know how old the sample is, I believe it's been passed around and tweaked form designer to designer for some time now. You're right "originally" it was helvetica ultra compressed.

thanks for the help.

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