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Bicycle cards
Posted by bibigoogles in
15 Jan 2003 — 3:11pm
15 Jan 2003 — 3:11pm
hey, i was wondering what the Bicycle card font is.. ? or if it even is a font..? and is that Gill sans for 'Playing cards' ? condensed? light condensed? just making sure.. thanks in advance 
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15 Jan 2003 — 3:54pm
I don't know about the Bicycle font -- I couldn't find anything really close enough to even suggest as an alternate. As for "playing cards," it actually looks like someone squeezed Gill Sans Light, rather than using an actual condensed face, but I could be wrong. Either way, mixing that and Futura Condensed together in an already bad design makes this piece just so difficult to look at. The original designer of this classic package must be turning over in his/her grave.
15 Jan 2003 — 4:18pm
You might try Letterhead Fonts, they have loads of old-time fonts.
15 Jan 2003 — 4:18pm
"Rider Back" is Futura Condensed, "Playing Cards" is a manually condensed Gill Sans Book (or Regular?), and you'll need to ask Stephen Coles about that "Bicycle". It looks like some stuff Richard Beatty might have revived.
15 Jan 2003 — 4:20pm
Or Scriptorium, Tiffany, they have those too.
15 Jan 2003 — 4:22pm
I really am a slow typer/linker. There was nobody here when I started my reply...