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What typeface is this?

And what is the typography term for this kind of ‘a’ as opposed to the usuall ‘teapot’ open shape ‘a’?

Thanks!

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Single-storey (as opposed to double-storey)?

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Many call it a single-story a.

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And what is the typeface? ITC Avant Gothic Demi is close but not exact.

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How old is the sample? It could be the photo type version of ITC Avant Garde Gothic.

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“Teapot”?! Hey, that’s pretty cool. Where did you get that?
I call them monocular and binocular.

hhp

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