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Is the word Jardim a custom work? Sorry for the small sample.

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I think it's Letraset Mekanik

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It may be Mekanik modified

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I don't know what it is, but I don't think it's Mekanik. They spelled Espresso with an x, so it makes me think it's a free font. ;-)

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We say "expresso" here in Brazil... that's a brazilian coffee

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You don't think it could be Mekanik that has been 'squooshed' a bit, as we say?

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I give up hard, but maybe all this proves is that Mekanik is similar. Anyway, I did minor tweaking and got this. result:
JARDIM Simulation with Mekanik

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We say "expresso" here in Brazil... that's a brazilian coffee.

Heh--sorry. I didn't realize it was from Brazil. That's the way people often misspell Espresso in English.

Mike, you make a good case, and it's very close, but I still don't think that's it. When you squooshed Mekanik, it also made the horizontals proportionally too thin.

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Apparently Caf� Jardim was founded in 1890, so I'd say it is a custom thing.

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Well, maybe the logo has been redesigned through the years, but IIRC this is pretty old.

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If you want something similar, you could try House Gothic (no rounded M though).

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