My first thought was Frutiger, but it is not a 100% match. Also, there is something strange about the shapes; they look as if they have been auto-traced…
I think this is a custom-made wordmark, not based on any existing typeface. The one who did it apparently tried to derive many forms from others. The results look somewhat off to me. ‘r’, for instance, is almost the same as the left half of ‘n’. ‘g’ and ‘b’ have virtually identical bowls. Also, rounded letters have no visible overshoot below the baseline. Maybe autotracing worsened the appearance of the logo (a look at this PDF seems to confirm that). If you aim for a similar (but more professional) look, I agree that Verdana (or Tahoma) is your best bet.
Sorry for the late reply. I've been ill. The flew is chopping away on Holland.
I've also got the feeling the basic is Verdana, but because it's not well executed it thought this might be a freeware font swirling the internet. The weight seems heavier than the Verdana Regular, the logo font is wider but the balance is off. The 'e' for instance seems to wide for me.
But seeing the fact that this is quite an old company it seems strange to me that this is a freeware font or even Verdana.
Since the company doesn't use Verdana in any publication I skipped this font. But I think I should dig a bit deaper in the companies archive. Perhaps the've got some old file on a disc somewhere.
if you're just looking to have the logo, you can likely find it in a pdf somewhere and just extract it in illustrator. (i feel kinda dumb saying it, as you probably know that already but can't hurt, right?)
3 Feb 2013 — 8:35am
Reminds me of Verdana but weight and /s are totally off.
3 Feb 2013 — 12:53pm
It's not Verdana, I've checked before. The font doesn't ring any bell to me so hopefully anybody out there can pinpoint it.
Thanks in advance.
4 Feb 2013 — 12:18am
I thought this was easier than this. Nobody seems to know this font!
4 Feb 2013 — 1:56am
My first thought was Frutiger, but it is not a 100% match. Also, there is something strange about the shapes; they look as if they have been auto-traced…
4 Feb 2013 — 2:07am
I agree. I see a few things that I recognize but I just cannot find the font. Perhaps this is even handmade, based on a font. I don't know.
Hopefully somebody finds it.
4 Feb 2013 — 10:21am
Damn, nobody seems to know this font. Perhaps I need to check another forum? ;-))
4 Feb 2013 — 10:30am
I really think you should reconsider Verdana.
4 Feb 2013 — 4:57pm
yeah, i can't agree about verdana. the strokes change in it, albeit not a great deal, whereas in this example the strokes are consistent.
4 Feb 2013 — 5:44pm
I think this is a custom-made wordmark, not based on any existing typeface. The one who did it apparently tried to derive many forms from others. The results look somewhat off to me. ‘r’, for instance, is almost the same as the left half of ‘n’. ‘g’ and ‘b’ have virtually identical bowls. Also, rounded letters have no visible overshoot below the baseline. Maybe autotracing worsened the appearance of the logo (a look at this PDF seems to confirm that). If you aim for a similar (but more professional) look, I agree that Verdana (or Tahoma) is your best bet.
4 Feb 2013 — 5:47pm
exactly! it's almost creepy. but maybe i've been looking at it too long.
8 Feb 2013 — 12:15am
Sorry for the late reply. I've been ill. The flew is chopping away on Holland.
I've also got the feeling the basic is Verdana, but because it's not well executed it thought this might be a freeware font swirling the internet. The weight seems heavier than the Verdana Regular, the logo font is wider but the balance is off. The 'e' for instance seems to wide for me.
But seeing the fact that this is quite an old company it seems strange to me that this is a freeware font or even Verdana.
Since the company doesn't use Verdana in any publication I skipped this font. But I think I should dig a bit deaper in the companies archive. Perhaps the've got some old file on a disc somewhere.
Thanks for your help!
8 Feb 2013 — 2:39pm
if you're just looking to have the logo, you can likely find it in a pdf somewhere and just extract it in illustrator. (i feel kinda dumb saying it, as you probably know that already but can't hurt, right?)
11 Feb 2013 — 1:17am
Hi Jodie, I've got the logo. I just want to find out the typeface since this is not known within the company. ;-)