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  • Help with font ID please

    Posted by Rob Eppey on 4 March 2008 at 12:40

    hello all

    Has anyone got any idea what fonts these are? My mind is a mush and the bodyshop are shouting.

    Cheers

    Rob


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    Richard replied 17 years, 10 months ago 6 Members · 11 Replies
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  • Jill Marie Welsh

    Member
    4 March 2008 at 12:45

    First one looks like Gill Sans that someone has put the squish to.
    Or maybe it’s condensed Gill Sans as the squish looks fairly uniform.
    The title font looks a lot like Curlz.
    No clue as to the icky red blur thing on the bottom.
    Maybe the van hit a racoon.
    Love….Jill

  • Richard

    Member
    4 March 2008 at 12:51

    The top one’s Antique Olive, and I think Jill is right about Curlz.

  • Nicole Bisson

    Member
    4 March 2008 at 12:56

    Yep Curly one is def Curlz MT – nearest i can suggest is like Jill suggested but don’t think it is Gill Sans!

  • Harry Cleary

    Member
    4 March 2008 at 13:07

    Heres the ‘raccoon’ bit! Or Amtico


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  • Rob Eppey

    Member
    4 March 2008 at 13:21

    Thanks guys for the super fast response, you’ve got me out of a hole.

    Cheers

    Rob

  • Jill Marie Welsh

    Member
    4 March 2008 at 13:51

    Richard…could that be Incised?
    (’twas before my coffee that I thought it was Gill)
    Love…..Jill

  • Nicole Bisson

    Member
    4 March 2008 at 13:54

    No probs pleasure to help.

  • Richard

    Member
    4 March 2008 at 14:04

    Hi Jill, looks like it, good call.

    I’ve never quite figured out how Bitstream managed to come up with so many fonts that look SO similar to existing designs, without being regarded as a bunch of rip-off merchants.

  • John Childs

    Member
    4 March 2008 at 15:04

    Yeah, I’ve always regarded Incised 901 and Antique Olive to be one and the same thing.

  • Jill Marie Welsh

    Member
    4 March 2008 at 15:09

    😉
    Me too.
    The nord is just beefier.
    But if you look at Gill, I swear it has the same "i" dots.
    It’s not Gill, tho.
    Love…Jill
    (not Gill)

  • Richard

    Member
    4 March 2008 at 15:16

    But Antique Olive was designed by Roger Excoffon in 1962 and Bitstream didn’t exist before 1981…

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