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(x) Handwriting font - custom font {Joseph Wilson (self)}
Posted by aardvrk in
22 Feb 2004 — 9:22pm
22 Feb 2004 — 9:22pm
Is it possible to get an identification on the font that says "The industry standard for over 15 years?"
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23 Feb 2004 — 7:18am
Joseph, the odds are great that this is a custom (home made) font, because this type of font is so easy and cheap to produce. There is even a website (Fontifier) that will do it for free with your own printed letter samples.
However, there are a lot of these kinds of fonts already available, or in circulation. If you have the patience to scan through about 500 samples, see my Script Font ID Guide, Part 11. Those with "HW" in the names are from the ClickArt Handwritten Fonts CD (no longer being sold), but there is an HW Alias List that tells you the re-named versions that you might be able to find on the web.
I'm sorry, but I don't have time to do it myself right now.
My advice in cases like this is to find the closest match and go with that, because you may never be able to find the exact font. It's not worth the effort, in my opinion.
23 Feb 2004 — 7:35am
I did a quick sweep through the Script Font ID Guide and didn't run across anything even vaguely matching the sample above.
23 Feb 2004 — 8:07pm
Thanks Mike and Grant.
I went through the Script Font ID Guide as well and found some nice fonts but nothing to match what I am looking for.
I had e-mailed the company that did the web page I got the sample from. It turns out that an intern had created the font for them but is no longer with them and they don't have the font.
Thanks again for your help...