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(x) Anyone know this font? / 'Indian Art of the United States': WPA poster - lettering, suggestions {gang}
Posted by shilleren in
18 Jul 2010 — 11:28am
18 Jul 2010 — 11:28am
Hello there,
Does anyone know the name of this font? Help is greatly appreciated :)
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18 Jul 2010 — 12:17pm
It's unfortunate that those are the letters you had, because only the R is much of a clue. Do you have more samples?
- Mike Yanega
18 Jul 2010 — 12:32pm
Thanks for replying. Not sure why I posted such a small sample, sorry about that. I'll attach the full poster. It's not Gill Sans is it?
18 Jul 2010 — 1:13pm
Looks like lettering.
18 Jul 2010 — 2:43pm
Ditto what Jan said: WPA posters were often hand-lettered. In the next few months, I'll be coming out with a series of typefaces based on WPA poster lettering, but none of them matches your sample.
18 Jul 2010 — 2:58pm
Oh, I see. Beautiful lettering and funny coincidence that you're creating typefaces associated with WPA posters. Thanks to both of you.
19 Jul 2010 — 3:27am
Some ideas:
Berber
Futura Display
Gagarin Anna
FF Golden Gate/Moderne Gothics
Hotel, Fresno, Amboy
Jazz Gothic
Kaliber
Kanal
Morgan Poster
Nicotine, Liquorstore
Pacifico
MVB Solano Gothic Retro
LTC Tourist Gothic Alternate
Tropical Tourist
Turista GordaNF
Venacti
WPA Gothic
27 Apr 2011 — 11:14am
From Letterhead Fonts:
Stove Pipe Thin
Tallington
Quadrex
27 Apr 2011 — 1:33pm
Thank you, those are excellent additions.
16 May 2011 — 12:56pm
Also from Letterhead, Union Thug.
Probably the most common font used for this look on book jackets is Agency Gothic.