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(x) From Cottage Living magazine: Requiem {Stephen Coles}
Posted by BruceS63 in
22 Jun 2006 — 8:15am
22 Jun 2006 — 8:15am
Sorry I don't have an image to show yet, but the machine attached to the scanner is archiving, and likely will be all day. So this will prove a good test of my ability to describe, and your ability to put these disparate clues together. And while I enjoy flipping through my books and catalogs to do the detective work, other work beckons at the moment. And I couldn't find the face on What the Font.
The serif font used in Cottage Living magazine has these qualities:
Overall, a very similar feel to Centaur; the LC y terminates very much the same, but the horizontal stroke on the LC e is horizontal, not at an angle
LC p: lower part of the bowl stroke follows through the down stroke for a unique letter. Not calligraphic, but not a serif, either. I don't know the technical term for that type of termination, if there is one.
LC t looks more like that of Galliard than Centaur
LC g looks more like that of ITC Garamond than that of Centaur
*Is that enough to go on?
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22 Jun 2006 — 8:21am
This is a challenge. From the tiny images on the web and your description, perhaps it's Requiem? See any Qs or Rs?
22 Jun 2006 — 8:25am
Here's a larger cover image. Boy, that logo is awful. Does it say "cottage living" to you? To me it says "messed up Trebuchet".
22 Jun 2006 — 8:36am
You nailed it, Stephen, thank you. It is indeed Requiem. I knew I'd seen the face. And I agree with you, that logo doesn't say "cottage living" at all.
22 Jun 2006 — 8:44am
Very un-cottage-like I agree. Why a sans serif???
22 Jun 2006 — 9:08am
The highway sign arrow is really cozy too.
22 Jun 2006 — 9:11am
Yes and so artfully integrated into the logo. Sheesh. Wonder how much someone got paid for that.