Fogal Stockings Packaging

thierry blancpain
30.Jun.2009 4.34am

Dear typophiles,
I'm looking for an ID on the grotesk typeface in the following two pictures. It is used by Fogal, a Swiss stockings company, for their packaging. I doubt that they'd have a custom typeface, but maybe that's the solution.

Thanks for your help!

Raf
30.Jun.2009 5.11am

What about

Engravers Gothic ITC Blair Sackers Gothic Burin Sans

bowfinpw
30.Jun.2009 8.33am

I'd say House Neutraface. Neutraface No. 2 includes a more 'normal' E. There are a lot of weights and variations in the complete Neutraface superfamily. With a bit of graphic manipulation I am sure you could come very close, if not an exact match.

- Mike Yanega

thierry blancpain
30.Jun.2009 8.52am

raf, it's none of those. they all have a flat A-peak, so they're out from the beginning.

mike, i doubt it is neutraface. it was my first thought but this packaging existed for 4+ years so if it wasn't a custom alteration, i couldn't have been neutraface.

thanks for the help thus far though!

bowfinpw
30.Jun.2009 9.12am

The original Neutraface has been around since 2002, I believe. The modifications to that would not have been very difficult.

- Mike Yanega

Florian Hardwig
30.Jun.2009 9.17am

Also similar:
DTL Nobel
Regulator
Verlag
F

thierry blancpain
30.Jun.2009 11.36am

sadly none of those is it. Neutraface would've been altered REALLY heavily, for example the S is completely different (more in the FF Bau / Trade Gothic Extended range). both of those clearly don't fit the M/A of the typeface above though.

paulstonier
30.Jun.2009 11.42am

CityOf is a little closer, but obviously not it either.

bowfinpw
30.Jun.2009 12.26pm

I think this is driving us to the conclusion that it is custom, but just to show what even a very clumsy editing job can do with Neutraface 1, see the sample attached. I converted the letters to outlines, and manipulated (badly) the S points, as well as the R counter and E arm.

- Mike Yanega