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Extended San-serif Typeface
Posted by The White Lion in
8 Sep 2009 — 4:04am
8 Sep 2009 — 4:04am
Hi all,
I am interested to know if anyone can identify this typeface? It should be quite easy, I just cannot seem to find it online anywhere. I'm sure this will be an easy one…
Also, I've not used extended fonts ever, and wondered what are a few good ones to use? More importantly, are there any good ones stored away in my default typefaces somewhere (I'm a Mac user with CS3). Any help you could give would be very much appreciated.
Many thanks,
Nat
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8 Sep 2009 — 4:22am
Looks like Akzidenz-Grotesk Extended to me. Other good/similar ones: Helvetica Extended and Univers 53, 63, 73, 93 (both a bit obvious, I expect someone else will suggest more interesting examples).
8 Sep 2009 — 4:27am
ITC Blair is another option.
8 Sep 2009 — 4:32am
Hmm… Akzidenz-Grotesk Extended is almost there. Unfortunately the terminal of the G doesn't quite lie parallel to the crossbar, like it looks like it does in this example. It is quite small though, so maybe it is.
Being a poor graduate, I have been buying Univers in stages as I've got the money, so I only have 6 fonts so far (not got as far as the Extended fonts!)
Helvetica could be a good one though.
Thanks,
Nat
8 Sep 2009 — 4:33am
I do love/hate being an anal perfectionist.
8 Sep 2009 — 4:48am
Try Trade Gothic Bold Extended …
8 Sep 2009 — 4:49am
Similar: Sackers Gothic or Engravers Gothic …
8 Sep 2009 — 4:49am
Oh gawd, I love that little ghost. Is it a dingbat? :-)
(Yes, I know it'd be easy to draw.)
8 Sep 2009 — 5:03am
Nope (unfortunately - I love it too!) It is a logo for a record company:
http://ghostly.com/
Here it is being used by ISO50/Tycho for an anniversary poster design:
http://blog.iso50.com/2009/09/08/tycho-live-924-seattle/
http://blog.iso50.com/2009/08/19/ghostly-tycho-chicago-giveaway/
http://blog.iso50.com/2009/08/17/tycho-iso50-live-in-chicago-frida/
He uses different shade ghosts to make a number/character (first one being an 'X' and the last being the number '10')
Many thanks to all for the replies. I will investigate them all!
Nat
8 Sep 2009 — 5:12am
Wow, that's great stuff!* Thanks for sharing.
(* Except maybe that evil typo in the sample you posted… ;-) )
BTW, Zeppelin is also nice and wide:
http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/storm/zeppelin/
8 Sep 2009 — 5:14am
Hmm, missed the evil typo! Not like me… (where is it?)
8 Sep 2009 — 5:15am
Wow, that is nice. Especially the Extended Bold weight! Thanks.
8 Sep 2009 — 5:25am
missed the evil typo!
Ghoslty 10 years …
8 Sep 2009 — 5:27am
Another similar one and another
8 Sep 2009 — 5:51am
Ouch! That's a bad one… good eye! (glad I didn't design it - would have annoyed me so much!)
8 Sep 2009 — 7:16am
PacMan, right?
. . .
Bert Vanderveen BNO
9 Sep 2009 — 3:51am
Isn't that sans Titling Gothic from Font Bureau. http://www.fontbureau.com/fonts/TitlingGothicFB/charset
Several times Scott mentioned it using it.
_
Sandro
10 Sep 2009 — 9:07am
Oh cool, thanks Ravel/Sandro!
I'll check it out when I'm home.
bert_vanderveen: Yes, quite PacMan-ish.
Nat