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Tahoma? Verdana? Franklin? Lucidia?
Posted by Airehk in
22 Mar 2011 — 1:02pm
22 Mar 2011 — 1:02pm
I would love some help on this one. It looks like a humanist Sans serif.
It bears a striking resemblance to Tahoma, Verdana, Franklin Gothic Demi, and Lucidia Sans.
The problem is that it is neither. I get close to knowing what it is, but its that ear on the lower case G that throws me off.
If anyone can help, it would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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22 Mar 2011 — 1:27pm
What threw you off is that these are two different typefaces: the top one appears to be, in fact, Tahoma Bold, but the bottom one most definitely is not.
22 Mar 2011 — 1:36pm
Hmm.
I suppose the scales were played with, or perhaps it is just a much lesser known typeface in the sub heading?
Either way, I'll manage.
Thanks for the help.
22 Mar 2011 — 2:31pm
Subheading was Calibri.
Case Closed.
22 Mar 2011 — 2:54pm
Don’t know what it is, but I am not convinced that the headline is Tahoma. The subline is clearly not Calibri.
It would help probably to know which magazine this is from.
22 Mar 2011 — 3:58pm
Prelo is quite close, but not an exact match. The ear of the g is a match, if that's the deciding factor.
http://typetrust.com/font/prelo
22 Mar 2011 — 6:40pm
If this, as I suspect, comes from a scan of a Spin Magazine article, then it may be a custom typeface created by Hoefler & Frere-Jones, whose client list includes Spin.