Stranglers Logo font?

Shelagh
21.May.2006 2.51pm
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Hi All,

Any one recognize the font used in The Stranglers logo? It's so familiar, and yet...

Regards,
Shelagh

oldnick
21.May.2006 3.31pm
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Most likely, it's Brody, condensed about 33%, and customized slightly (lowercase g).


Conor
21.May.2006 4.20pm
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It ain’t Brody. It is similar alright… but all the glyphs are different.


Geoff Riding
22.May.2006 7.31am
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Looks like lettering to me. The two s's, t's and e's have a slight difference in stroke modulation, I don't think they're identical.

EDIT: Definitely lettering, here's a link to a bigger image.


fontplayer
22.May.2006 7.45am
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It reminds me of the fonts at Dinc Type/Diane DiPiazza made. She closed up shop on the fonts, and I don't know of any download sites.


Mike F
22.May.2006 9.15am
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I have a predigital showing of that as Harper Script. I've never seen a digital (font) version. The closest I know of in a font would be Keystrokes' Hemlock Script - which would require a bit of condensing and artificial bolding.


timd
22.May.2006 9.54am
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>here’s a link to a bigger image.
Magic wand – ouch, that has got to be the most amateur poster I've seen for a long time
Tim


Shelagh
22.May.2006 11.05am
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Thanks everybody for your feedback. It does makes sense that it's hand-lettered. Tim, the link to "bigger image" doesn't seem to be included in your last post...I'd be interested to see it!
Shelagh


Geoff Riding
22.May.2006 11.13am
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Shelagh, Tim was referring to my post above. I provided the link to that horrific poster with the squooshed and outlined Arial. :^x


timd
22.May.2006 11.44am
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Apologies Shelagh, I should have been clearer.
Tim


Shelagh
22.May.2006 12.19pm
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What!? That poster is a classic!! Just kidding...pretty painful indeed. Would like to think they were echoing the block-set, type heavy, Grand Ol' Opry-style concert posters from days of yore, but highly unlikely. Surely hasn't any of their charm...

Shelagh


Shelagh
22.May.2006 2.57pm
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ps ...that is, without actually using any block type, of course...just that crude sort of un-nuanced, text-heavy treatment of old concert posters, I was referring too...