Typophile

(x) condensed grotesque from CSA Archive - Venus Cd {Mark S}

Maverick

Hello fellow typophiles. I am curious what font is being used in this sample taken from the pages of the CSA Archive catalogue. It looks so common, yet I can’t find a match, including the fonts that CSA has available on their site (although Tanek is close). Any help would be appreciated.

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I’m surprised they didn’t use one of their own (and you’re right, Tanek is close).

Looks like Venus Medium Condensed to me. Don’t know of a digital version.

Mark - I took a look at some variations of the Venus font, and it appears to have a pretty high midline (ex: the center bar of the E) in comparison to the sample.

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