Typophile

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This is custom, isn’t it? Any font close to it? I’m not coming up with anything good…

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Hmmm… tough one. The serifs are Latin, but the character shapes are anything but. I wouldn’t know if there’s anything similar.

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I’d license any heavy face with small-ish serifs (latin or not), as long as the basic forms mixed with the logo well enough. That “C,” with it’s flat horizontals, is the distinctive feature that I get hung up on most. If it weren’t for that, almost any woodtype-inspired display face would do…

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I think we all know what Dan’s doing right now. ;)

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Oh, Terry, were what I were doing right now that cool…

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OK, I take that back. Type hunting is almost as fun as drinking. I should combine the two. But it will have to be longdrinks; I’m out of beer.

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TF Margate is not very close, not so wide and without those serifs and that kind of “C”, but take a look.

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That is sort of like Serpentine, isn’t it? Maybe I should try Serpentine out…

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Maybe, I thought about Serpentine Bold too.

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Several years back, I did a freeware face called Franken’s Stein, which applied the unusual inline treatment used in the Beck’s logo, but not the letterforms themselves.

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Me thinks Gerard Unger’s Swift has certain characteristics that makes it compatible, esp. the heavier cuts.

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