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Top one: maybe Farao by Bruhn?
Bottom one is just an abused Frutiger. :-)

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FTN Farao isn't as distressed as the example above. I'd argue that it's probably some PC TrueType freeware face found online somewhere.

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"I'd argue that it's probably some PC TrueType freeware face found online somewhere."

I would have to agree.

hildebrant.

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well, if you want my opinion....
to bad your gonna get it anyways
I agree with Grant, Kyle and Yves. I have lots of those goofy freeware fonts and thought it matched right in with some of them I have.

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Have never seen the top one as a free font.

Jared, what does your friend need it for?

Reason I ask because you can distress an Egyptian
Slab Serif, streamline it, and send her some
vector outlines in a relatively quick amount of time.

bj

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a few places to look

www.misprintedtype.com

www.cape-arcona.com

www.garagefonts.com

www.chank.com (stomper, goshen)

www.chankarmy.com

www.formsubstance.com (stampkit)

looks like the fonts are no longer available for download.


I'm sure everyone has diff. ways to go grunge....here are a few
things from Googlel

www.macdesignonline.com/tutorials/photoshop/marapr03_texture.html

www.sitepointforums.com/showthread.php?threadid=113175

And Yves posted his method a few months back.

bj

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I forgot the folks at One Way Out.

Lots of grungy stuff there, too.

www.churchartworks.com/fonts/font.html

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