I'm trying to identify a typeface that was in a logo someone sent to me as an eps without converting to outlines. I'm pretty sure it's not a standard Apple font and is probably a PC standard.
A sample of it is here - note that there aren't any serifs on the stem of the capital M, the serifs are all slightly curved, and the lowercase A is rather distinct.
Any clues?
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
It actually looks like the M is an upside-down W and the Ss are upsidedown and mirrored.
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
That U also looks suspiciously like an upside-down N.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
I have no idea. It's a nice font, though.
Primal: Your mom is an upside-down n.
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
So's your face.
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
Jon: Takes one to know one!
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Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Actually, I used a similar (the same?) piece of software on identifont.com, which lets you search within limited letters, and the closest I came up with was Weiss. It's almost there, but not quite - I don't think the verticals on the M are slanted enough.
Of course, I'm not going to shell out 20 bucks for a copy of Weiss, so it may be a moot point.
And PC, those are good ideas, but I really don't think these guys manipulated the typeface at all in the creation of their logo. It's pretty unprofessional looking.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
That What the Font thing was pretty nifty, but wildly inaccurate, I thought.
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
I also pulled up Weiss. The M's don't have sloping sides and the W has a crossed center line. Otherwise, though, it's spot on. Perhaps they mismatched fonts? Where did you get that image from? Maybe I can tell what software made it if I can see the whole image. Sometimes I get lucky. Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
It's from a low-res copy of their entire logo. I'm doing a whole suite of design projects for them - some pretty big print objects like posters - and at first they sent me a 100x200 pixel jepg of their logo to work with. I asked for either a high-res image or (preferably) a vector-based version, so they emailed an eps, but didn't include the font. Now they're out of the office.
I think I'm just going to hand draw the text in Illustrator.
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
You can use the trace tool in Illustrator. Then just manipulate the vectors to look exactly the same. I've done it tons of times.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
I hate the trace tool. Well, I like it sometimes, but for most of my purposes it's too ragged. I prefer tracing by hand with the pen tool - it lets me be more minimal and exact.
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
I use the trace tool to do a lot of the grunt work. I hate staring down the barrel of all that tracing. I then go through it and delete anchor points and smooth out lines.
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