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Hi, any help that you might be able to provide identitifying the font Cascades is in would be great. I know the tag is Bodega Sans. Thanks!

Cascades Spa logo

unknown

It looks like some custom-modified type. The C looks hand-drawn (and not very well). The other characters look like they are from Cochin Italic or possibly Snell Roundhand (or maybe even a combination of the two) with further modifications, such as the slant. Given the general unevenness of the characters, it may be that it is several generations removed from the original artwork. Either that, or it's just not very well drawn.

I think the tag line is actually Casablanca Condensed, not Bodega Sans.

unknown

> I think the tag line is actually Casablanca Condensed, not Bodega Sans.

Mark, judging by the small caps it might actually be Image Club's Decotura.

Hard to tell at that size though.

unknown

Could very well be. I knew Image Club had a font like that, but I couldn't remember the name.

Both of them were apparently derived from an old metal Spanish face called Electra (Nacional foundry), although Decotura seems to diverge from the original in various ways.

unknown

Font Bureau's Romeo riffs on that original face as well.

unknown

Mark, it looks like you're right on the tag. The previous agency on this account was using Bodega for all headers, so I assumed that's what it was since they do look close in style.

I think you're also correct on the Cascades thing. I finally received an EPS of the logo, and it looks just as bad in its original format as it does in this JPG.

Oh well, they're looking to revise their identity soon anyway, hopefully I'll get a shot at it.

Thanks for all your help.

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