Maybe Lime Light or other Broadway type fonts could be what you're looking for:
http://www.fontspace.com/sorkin-type/limelight

Thanks Special-K...appreciate the input.

'Limelight' is a reasonable starting point because of it's high contrast art deco style (to be honest, before my post I'd already scoured Broadway fonts from the 1920's). Unfortunately, it's a bit too commonly used for what I'm after...

Any other thoughts anyone?

Thanks

Steve

There are thick and thin sans that you could edit to get this result, but nothing off the shelf. One problem is that your image has the thick stroke of the A on the lhs rather than the rhs where it is conventionally placed.
So take a thick and thin A, mirror it and you have the first A. For the second A rotate an I 90 degrees, clip to length and you have it. For the i change the dot to a square, if your base font does not already have this.
Some candidates -- with varying contrast -- are: Britannic Bold, Castle Ultra, Globe Gothic, Imperial Ultra Bold, koala, Linex Sans Bold [this one has the square dot], PC Gothic, Scotsdale, XenoisSemiHeavy, Oil Can....
Don

Hi donshottype

Just the sort of leads I'm after... have been trying the mirroring etc to change the side of the thick stroke but was struggling for fonts that I might use as a base in the first place...

Really appreciate your suggestions- many thanks!

Steve