(x) academic font - need to use for business - Courier {Stephen L}

neshev
13.Mar.2010 1.44am
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I really like the font and want to use it on business envelopes. Not sure if the text in BOLD is the same as the rest. Thanks a lot

Looks a lot like Type Wrong tracked out.


Thanks a lot Stephen


Why this worn imitation and not just the original Courier?


Indeed. And particularly for something as serious as a Master of Business Administration. Makes you wonder about the Graduate School of Management and who they're trying to appeal to.


Stephen, what I intended to say was: What makes you think this is Type Wrong? It could as well be a scan of Courier, with the distressed look caused by the reproduction, no?


Oh, right. Yes, I see what you mean; this could be a result of natural grunging (old school-style). :) With the abundance of roughed up fonts like this available, I guess I just assumed it would be one. Now on closer inspection I see that some of the flecks and bites are inconsistent: the 'r' and the 'i' in the first Administration and the 'n', 'a' and 'i' in the second, suggesting it's not a distressed font.

But even if the original is Courier, there's some serious horizontal distortion going on.

Even the wider forms of Courier New don't come close to the original sample. Anyway, at the very least, you're right, it's not Type Wrong and more likely a version of Courier distressed through reproduction.


Stephen, thanks for diging deeper! I agree with you: probably horizontally stretched Courier. Type Wrong could serve as an out-of-the-box alternative if the distressed look is important.


Florian, thanks for pushing me! Man, I love this place. :)