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The PC version of this delicate serif font is "Fritz". Does anyone know the Mac equivalent?"Fritz" on the PC

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Fritz Quadrata






(just kidding!)

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It's seemingly based (both in form and in name) on Friz Quadrata.

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Ah, jeeze Chesh...

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Font Bureau has a font called Fritz, but it ain't that one.

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Hard to tell from the sample, but it could be Carmina Medium.

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Eagle eyes do it agin.
Yep, Fritz / Friz it is. And I always thought it was "Fritz Quadrata".

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I disagree. Friz Quadrata is very different in certain ways: look at the g and e in the lower-case, and look at the overall contrast between thicks and thins -- Friz has a much lower contrast than this face, which, I believe, is much closer to the Carmina I identified earlier.

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I knew Friz Quadrata, Friz Quadrata was a friend of mine, and you're no Friz.

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I think Chesh is right. Probably a knock-off of Carmina. The character shapes are there, but the spacing is horrible. You often see that with knock-offs. And, it's definitely not Friz.

Also: Note to Mark Taylor: Carmina is not "the Mac equivalent" of your Fritz font. Carmina is the original and is available for both Windows and Mac. Fritz is just a bad copy. There may or may not be a Mac version of it. You would be better off with Carmina unless you absolutely must have that bad spacing.

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