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Unusual grotesque face
Posted by NJMcLellan in
19 Jan 2009 — 5:55am
19 Jan 2009 — 5:55am
Hello folks!
I cam across this rather tasty grotesque in the most recent issue of Little White Lies (UK film magazine). Instantly my brain went for Berthold's Akzidenz Grotesk Condensed Italic, then Trade Gothic Condensed 20 Oblique, then E+F's TV Nord Condensed Bold Oblique, but no cigar. Though they're all relatively similar, the squared shoulders of the R and S (amongst others) set this one apart. Other weights in regular and italic appear in the mag, so it would appear to be part of a larger family.
Appreciate the help!
Cheers,
Nick
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19 Jan 2009 — 6:04am
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19 Jan 2009 — 6:09am
Sorry? :/
19 Jan 2009 — 6:26am
Posted something. Saw immediately that I was wrong. Edited/erased. Sorry.
19 Jan 2009 — 6:34am
Ah, no problem. Thanks for the effort anyhow.
19 Jan 2009 — 1:36pm
Quite unusual. It looks like Akzidenz Grotesk Bold Condensed Italic, but it has an R that looks more like Trade Gothic Bold Condensed Oblique.
27 Feb 2009 — 4:02am
Well well well...weeks later, we have a match! It is, it seems, Akzidenz Grotesk Bold Condensed Italic, in Berthold's new OpenType suite. It seems they have transposed the Helvectica-style cap-R to the "Alt" variant of the font.
http://www.bertholdtypes.com/bq_library/590037.html
Huzzah!
27 Feb 2009 — 4:24am
Hmm. good find.
It's very interesting, but does the R bother anyone else?
27 Feb 2009 — 10:01am
No, I actually like the R. :)