Jeremy Tankard’s Aspect has an e like that.

Nick Cooke

Do you mean like a Venetian ’e’ with angled horizontal?

ITC Legacy Sans
California Sans

Ahh, I think they used Triplex Sans for the Arrested Development art.

Triplex has the e I’m looking for. Are there other Sans Serifs that have a similar e as well?

ITC Atelier Sans

ITC Atelier Sans and Triplex Sans are very identical. But, I like the simplistic form of JTT’s Aspect, which is more of what I was hoping to find. And it all hinges on that e. It’s strange how few Sans there are that stylized e.

Any more suggestions?

Choosing a typeface based on one character is inadvisable. It might be better to choose the typeface that works best and then edit the ’e’ so it’s exactly as you want it.

True. It’s weird, I can imagine the text but I can’t remember where I saw it or what it’s for and for this I should apologize. I shouldn’t be asking for a type identification without proper examples. I was hoping the braintrust here at Typophile could help. It’s not a live or die situation though. I do appreciate the suggestions that have been made by Stephen and Nick.

Could it have been HOW magazine using Parisine Plus?

That’s close but the e has a sharp corner. Are there any Sans where the e is almost a complete circle (not sure if that’s actually right.) It’ll look like an uninterrupted stroke, very fluid without any pinch points, not necessary an perfect circle, but close.

Ok, it wasn’t clear if you were looking to identify something or for a recommendation.

Right now, it’s purely for my benefit. I’ve been noticing this style “e” for a while now and every time I see it I want to ask about it, but of course it’s always when I’m away from my computer and when I do get back to the computer, I usually forget to ask with a relevant example in mind. The style looks fresh and new, and I just assumed it could be a new face that’s starting to get popular. Hence the picky nature of getting as many suggestions as possible.

Hopefully I see another example or remember where I’ve seen them in the past and put a decent sample to be ID’ed.

I do appreciate all the responses and I’m sorry this is a wild goose chase.

Parisine Plus from PTF has a nice e similar to what you are looking for ... I believe.

This sounds like we could go around in circles on this one, since we don’t really know the look you are after. You can use the Sans Serif Font ID Guide, and search for all the style codes that use the non-horizontal crossbar on the ’e’, starting with Codes 1 and 3 and working your way down the pages.

Maybe that will help you pick something according to the look.

- Mike Yanega

Kabel might have the look you are thinking about.

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/itc-kabel/

You’re right Mike, I should just wait till I see another example of it and remember to post for ID. It’s hard to describe a font without an example and based on a single character from memory.

For all I know, it might have been an italic e that I thought was a standard e anyway.

Thanks for all the responses everyone. I do appreciate the attempt.

The previous suggestions reminded me of Sassoon Sans.

Wow, that’s the “e” I’m looking for and it’s attached to a family that’s not overly ornate. Thanks Florian.