Typophile - (x) Morgan Stanley wordmark - custom designed (similar to Trade Gothic) {Jarrod Beglinger, (Marc O)} - Comments

I can get your single-storey

Stephen Coles — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 23:06:52 -0800

I can get your single-storey ’g’ and tailed ’l’, but not the double ’a’:
FF Schulbuch

Many thanks - J

JB01 — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:44:38 -0800

Many thanks - J

side note: maybe you already

begsini — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:03:24 -0800

side note:
maybe you already knew this, but they are custom letterforms.

there is a nice story about it here:
http://www.identityworks.com/reviews/2006/morgan_stanley.htm

and a more detailed description of the letterform design here:
http://www.carbonesmolan.com/morganstanley/

This looks to me like a

marcox — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:48:34 -0800

This looks to me like a customized version of Trade Gothic, News Gothic, Benton Sans, Franklin Gothic, etc. But if you’re looking for a face that has some of the distinctive characters already included...

Akkurat has the curved l but not the one-story g.
http://lineto.com/

Flama has the curved l and one-story g, but DIN-like construction.
http://vllg.com/Feliciano/Flama/mudTyper+Weights/

Foco has the desired features but adds a hint of calligraphic construction.
http://www.daltonmaag.com/browse/fonts/dama/foco

(x) Morgan Stanley wordmark - custom designed (similar to Trade Gothic) {Jarrod Beglinger, (Marc O)}

JB01 — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:12:48 -0800

Looking for a typeface like the new Morgan Stanley wordmark?

Many Thanks - JBO1