Needles font, who created it?

Sielwolf19 January 2015 · 07:57

Here's a 'dingbat' type font we inherited as part of a magazine publisher purchase. All we know about it is that it's named Needles and that it's a Windows Postcript font. Problem is, it's incorporated in such a way to the magazine that we can't simply replace it for something else.

We're trying to do our due diligence and make sure we're using it within it's EULA. Tough to do when you can't identify it's creator. We've not had any luck ID'ing yet, so I'm hoping someone here might be able to help.

Thanks!

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fvilanakis19 January 2015 · 08:56

If you actually have the "Needles " font, it will really help to tell us what are the corresponding letters for e.g. the first 5 symbols of your image sample.

Sielwolf20 January 2015 · 08:40

I used a screenshot from FontExplorer, so here's what the symbols correspond to: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

fvilanakis20 January 2015 · 09:27

Thanks for the extra info, but unfortunately I still can't match your font...

Special-K20 January 2015 · 10:27

Did you try opening the font files with a text editor? You might be able to find the creator or (c) line to get it.

Riccardo Sartori20 January 2015 · 13:04

FontExplorer itself should be able to show any information stored inside the font file.

Sielwolf21 January 2015 · 08:09

I did pull up the Information box in FEX. No copyright, designer, license info, trademark or vendor was listed.

Sielwolf21 January 2015 · 08:13

I just tried Special-K's idea of using a text editor to see what I could find, here's what came up:

ÄK%!PS-AdobeFont-1.0: Needles 001.000
%%CreationDate: 2/19/94 at 01:58:24 PM
%%VMusage: 1024 28658
% Generated by Fontographer 4.0.2

Does that mean it's an Adobe font, or something created by Fontographer?

Johan Palme21 January 2015 · 08:21

At some newspapers/magazines I've worked at, custom fonts were made as part of various redesigns, containing graphical elements in this style. (Us page editors would pick a certain style or run a certain macro to get the graphics, but they'd reside in a font file.) Perhaps this is the case here, also? Did you check with whoever did the last magazine redesign?

Sielwolf21 January 2015 · 08:40

Our dealings with the previous production department hasn't been helpful. There's no one there that knows anything about it, or cares to know. Too bad.

Frode Bo Helland21 January 2015 · 12:35

You might just save time and money asking a type designer to make a new one.

Frode Bo Helland21 January 2015 · 14:57

^ Needless to say

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