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Finnish Donald Duck comics (Aku Ankka) balloon fonts
Posted by Ville Salervo in
9 Dec 2012 — 12:36pm
9 Dec 2012 — 12:36pm
I'm trying to identify different typefaces used in the Finnish Aku Ankka magazine throughout the years and since the scans I found are rather dodgy I'm in need of a helping hand.
From 1951 to beginning of 1961. An italic typeface with characteristics from Gill Sans and Futura. All-caps.
http://www.iskelma.fi/files/content_800/2011_12_05_4edc748ad9ded.jpg
Early 1960´s:
Upparcase/lowercase style introduced, some resemblence to Futura again.
http://www.antikvariaattimakedonia.fi/moog//Images/manual/Aku%20Ankka%20...
Thank you in advance!
Ville
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10 Dec 2012 — 1:27am
Both samples appear to illustrate different weights of W. A. Dwiggins' Metro, designed for Linotype.
EDIT: Now, I'm not so sure, since the J going below the line in the all-caps italic sample does not seem to be characteristic of Metro, even though that face still does look similar.
10 Dec 2012 — 4:12am
John is probably right; cheap, new and improved version here...
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/nicksfonts/examiner-nf/
16 Dec 2012 — 8:32am
Hey! Thank you both!
Metro really seems to be really close to what I'm after here. Will examine further and get back with the findings!