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(x) Esquire Magazine - Gotham, Vectora, Mercury Display et al {Kent, Jonathan}
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2 Sep 2002 — 4:01am
2 Sep 2002 — 4:01am
Trying to ID the house fonts for the current design of US Esquire, as well as the Main Sans Serif of US GQ under Woodward. Sorry I dont have any scans. Im aware that both these are probably custom drawn, If anyone has any information on their origins, It would be most appreciated.
Best,
Jeremy.
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5 Sep 2002 — 4:08pm
"LaStrada"?
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5 Sep 2002 — 3:59pm
Yes, that's them. Esquire uses my "Mercury Display" typeface, as well as Tobias Frere-Jones' slab serif, formerly known as "Strada" (Albert Pinggera just released a design by the same name, so we're looking for a replacement.)
The GQ face is indeed Gotham, also by Tobias. You can follow the link above.
Regards, Jonathan
7 Sep 2002 — 8:43am
Erik Estrada, maybe.
2 Sep 2002 — 6:11am
I haven't seen a copy of Esquire recently, but last I knew they were using Jonathan Hoefler's Mercury for their serif text face and some heads. For sans, I think they've been using a fair bit of Frutiger's Vectora.
Neither have I seen GQ recently, so I may be mistaken, but I believe that they've been using a version of HTF's Gotham for their main sans.
Someone who has the magazines at hand (or Jonathan) can confirm.
-- K.