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I have been looking for this font for the past few years. The most distinguishable characthers are the "S" and "R" which make them look different from the many look-a-likes.

The font is NOT:
Compacta
Haettenschwiller
Impact
Soft Hits
Gogo Big
Gogo Squat
California Grotesk

Here are the links: They are a bit embarassing, but, oh well

http://www.lonestarspice.com/albums/swjapback.jpg

http://www.lonestarspice.com/videos/istanbulvcd.jpg

http://www.lonestarspice.com/videos/istanbulcd1.JPG

http://www.lonestarspice.com/videos/wembley1cd.JPG

The font was also used on the Johnny English movie poster. Like the previous pictures, it's the text in the grey and red on this link:

http://images.art.com/images/products/regular/10104000/10104782.jpg

unknown

Looks to me like they took something similar to the weight and proportions of Helvetica Ultra Compressed and stretched it horizontally. (It's not Helvetica Ultra Compressed--I tried it. Some of the characters are close matches, but others are quite different.)

unknown

Hmmm...I have seen this font used in the 'Virgin Megastore' logo, but I think they have changed it since then, but the font might be very condensed in its regular form. I will try to find a picture of it.

unknown

I think the one in the "Johnny English" poster is FB Agency, but the one in the lone star spice site is similar, but a different one; the "S" looks different.

unknown

OOPS! my bad, not FB Agency either, i just checked on Font Bureau's site.

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