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Font question driving me nuts....

 
 
grant
13:46 / 27.02.02
This is an image a friend recently posted on his blog:


He has fallen in love with the typeface - you see it on almost any commercial product imported to the US from Asia, from ginseng tonic to chrysanthemum tea.

I *know* I've seen it available as a free font somewhere.

Any idea where??
 
 
The Return Of Rothkoid
15:46 / 27.02.02
Hmmm.

Can't quite remember: Blue Highway kinda looks like it. So does Kenyan Coffee, Monofonto and Steelfish. You might have to scroll to see 'em, but they're all Larabie fonts, free and in Mac/PC versions. Steelfish looks closest; it's a sorta ultra-condensed font. Hard to tell, as the samples aren't all caps. Could also be a font called ]Amarillo... though that preview pic is cack.

Not applicable here, but worth looking at: Identifont is a pretty neat resource that searches libraries to find what you mean. And it's handier than going to the art director and saying "well, it's got a really cool 'm', you know..."...
 
 
grant
14:36 / 28.02.02
Hmm. All of those are close (and I could have fun with Identifont for hours), but none are the one I was thinking of....

I'm fairly sure it was actually scanned off Asian import packages.
 
 
pointless and uncalled for
16:55 / 28.02.02
There are freeware font builders available if you can get one of every letter of the alphabet to scan into a computer and have a few hours to do image mapping.
 
 
netbanshee
17:19 / 28.02.02
...if you can't get the font, try building it (like said in last post). Fontographer used to be the tool to do it...

Also...Rothkid...Identifont is possibly one of the most useful links I've ever visited. Thanks!
 
  
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