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Looking for a font similar to this... 60's / 70's Utilitarian / Cold War

Secretly_Swedish
19.Mar.2010 11.35am
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Hi there,

I'm looking for a font that is similar to this one: http://twitpic.com/19kohb

This would have been fine but the 'S' has been really lazily executed, so I refuse to use it as it would bug the hell out of me. Any suggestions would be welcome.

Thanks!

oldnick
19.Mar.2010 11.36am
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http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/nicksfonts/keepon-truckin-nf/

a.k.a. Baby Fat...


Secretly_Swedish
19.Mar.2010 11.38am
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Thanks so much mate, that's perfect!


hunting_lodge
19.Mar.2010 12.32pm
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hmm. i always thought buxom was the original.

http://new.myfonts.com/search/buxom/fonts/

the cuts look almost identical though....


dezcom
19.Mar.2010 12.41pm
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Isn't the real original 19th century lettering which was digitized later?


Mark Simonson
19.Mar.2010 1.49pm
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The original was called Baby Fat and was designed by Milton Glaser. I'm not sure exactly what year, but I think it was around 1970. There were several variations of the shading. Photo-Lettering carried it and credited Glaser. Buxom was probably an unauthorized film font version. The pages on MyFonts for Buxom all credit "FotoStar".


JanekZ
19.Mar.2010 2.11pm
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Milton Glaser in 1964
Robert Trogman originally(?) designed Buxom for Fotostar in 1975


Mark Simonson
19.Mar.2010 2.22pm
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1964 is earlier than I thought, but I don't doubt it. Trogman shows up here from time to time.