Yeah I’d say your right. The seven looks spot on. It’s a version of Akzidenz with the straight leg on the ’R’. Do you have a higher res scan than this and I could give you a more conclusive ID.

Steelfish comes close but it not it! The G and the 1 are different!

I don’t think it’s Akizdenz Naoise, the G is different!

If this is from Feltron’s annual report it’s Giant, a font from OPTI which is no longer available.

Please search Typophile with Google before posting.

Robbiefa; Yes I tought of Steelfish too but like you say the G is diffrent. And you’re right about the G not resembling the Akzidenz G so it can’t be that.

Naoiseo: I’m sorry I havent got a higher res scan.

I thougt this was a pretty common typeface but I really can’t figure out what it is or even find other examples of it in use now that I look for it.

I thought I’d seen it on old jazz vinyl record covers, mid century style, but I might be wrong.

Yeah apologies, I jumped into this thread without really looking. With a big giant ’G’ looking me straight in the face! (no pun intended)

I had never heard of the Feltron Report but you are right Steven It must be from that one and so the font must be Giant. Thanks for leading me in the right direction!

Steven, with all due respect: Calm down.

Unless ArtoKubo knew that this was a part of Feltron’s annual report, they wouldn’t have really known what to search for.

> Steven, with all due respect: Calm down.

I think Stephen was perfectly calm. :^D

This is our standard response when people ask for something we suspect they might have found on their own if they’d searched. No ill intentions, just a friendly reminder. ;^)

You’re both right. I was calm, yes, but Kubo may not have known what to search for.

First of all, Opti made no original fonts. All were clones of others. The name Giant came from the original Filmotype typeface of that name. Filmotype had a whole slew of these Gothics with names that started with ’G’ - from the thinnest, most condensed Galaxy Gothic to the heaviest, widest Goddess Gothic.

Since getting any Opti font these days can be tricky, I’ll mention that the old Brendel equivalent, Undertaker, is available.

To my eye, though, what was used is one size down the ladder at Garfield Gothic. This is available digitally today from URW as Bee 3. The Bee fonts take their names from the VGC equivalents of the Filmotype faces. VGC creatively named those B-1, B-2, etc. The only problem with the URW fonts is that they don’t include any of the alternates, like that straight-legged ’R’ that were available in the Filmotype originals.

Mike, really, what would we do without you? You’re great to have around. :^)

Well, thank you very much for that, Yves.

The edition discussed above is from 2006.

To aid future Google searchers, the 2007 version of the Feltron annual report uses Feijoa and Univers Ultra Light Condensed. Nicholas Felton thoughtfully included a colophon on the back cover. I know, because I shelled out $7 for the ink-on-paper version — signed, and everything!

Whoa, lucky bastich! =^O