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I got a request from a tourist who visited this park in the Canary Islands to ID the typeface. So far I can't spot it.
Any ideas? (the small type looks different (N has a serif on apex), so I am afraid it isn't much help)Timanfaya detail 1Timanfaya detail 2Timanfaya detail 3Timanfaya detail 4 of 4

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Mike, at least with my computer I don't see the gifs all I see is the titles.

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Sorry Mike they just came up after may last post. The system must be really slow.

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Oh come on guys/gals! The M and F seem quite distinctive. Would they custom design a font just for the signage in a park?

No one has any ideas at all?

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Nicholas Cochin has a similar feel.

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Thanks Mark & Yves, the Cochin suggestion is good, although the Berthold Le Cochin (in FontBook) looks closer than the Nicholas Cochin, although I can't find it on the web, even at Berthold. The A & N are less 'eccentric' looking, for lack of a better term. The F is a good match.

Yves, you said it had ' a typical M', but for some reason it looked really deformed and exaggerated by the serif 'wings' at the apexes (apices?) and the stroke contrasts. Perhaps the shadows made it look more distorted to me than it was.

The fonts mentioned in the other thread were 'classic' looks, but not very close to this.

I'll call of the hunt with that idea from Mark.

Thanks

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