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This font has me stumped

Discussion in 'Fonts and Typography' started by Fred Weiss, Mar 23, 2004.

  1. Mar 23, 2004 #1
    Fred Weiss

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    Anybody recognize it?
     

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  2. Mar 23, 2004 #2
    Ladypainter

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    Looks like Broadway to me...

    LP
     
  3. Mar 23, 2004 #3
    Fred Weiss

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    Me too but it definitely isn't Broadway.
     
  4. Mar 23, 2004 #4
    Shovelhead

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    Gotta be.......

    in the Broadway family.........
    is that the font from my business card?????

    :signs101:
     
  5. Mar 23, 2004 #5
    Fred Weiss

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    Here's the Broadway font character set with the example text also shown. As you can see there are numerous differences. So many that it seems doubtful that it is a modified version of Broadway.

    The example font certainly has some similarities and may have been inspired by Broadway but there it is decorating a national park ..... so one might conclude that it was done from a font that should be commercially available.
     

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  6. Mar 23, 2004 #6
    Roy Frisby

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    Maybe it's an older letter that was made by Spanjer Bros.
    I ran across that same letter style on a school name change
    job a while back. We just ordered all new letters from
    another mfg. since Spanjer Bros. in no longer in business and
    that particular letter style couldn't be found.
     
  7. Mar 24, 2004 #7
    Shovelhead

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    How about "CASTLE"??????

    :help:
     
  8. Mar 24, 2004 #8
    Fred Weiss

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    Some of the letters are similar to Castle but others aren't.
     
  9. Mar 24, 2004 #9
    Shovelhead

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    The "P" and the "R" don't look right at all......

    ...betcha it is BROADWAY with fattened strokes and modifired
    "P" and "R"
     
  10. Mar 24, 2004 #10
    Shovelhead

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    ...and squared of points

    :cool1:
     
  11. Mar 24, 2004 #11
    Baz

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    I cant find it in what i got ... but damn ... im sure i saw that font before .. a long time ago ... when i was working with Graphix Advantage ... Look up old Gerber fonts if you can.
     
  12. Mar 24, 2004 #12
    Shovelhead

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    I have Omega......

    will check fonts tonight for you!
    :thumb:
     
  13. Mar 24, 2004 #13
    Fred Weiss

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    I've been through all the Gerber fonts as well so save your time on that. Even had a buddy dig out an old Spanger Bros. catalog and it wasn't in their offerings.

    The sign is more than 20 years old so it may have its origins in photo type rather than digital anyway.
     
  14. Mar 24, 2004 #14
    Baz

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    Oh my god!

    Get out the 'ol projector ... dust it off ... do allot of photocopies, cut out each individual letter, set your type ... then blow up your patern ... Trace it out with a pencil ... transfer the patern onto the substrate with carbon paper ... then hand cut it or letter it !!!

    LOL!! damn im happy we dont have to go through that anymore!!

    So you better find that font!!! :biggrin:
     
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