helvetica.
You'll have to adjust the letterspacing to acheive the crappyness of the sample you provided.

Not quite Mr. F! There have been threads upon threads about this font: Akzidenz Grotesk

Louis, do a search for the word ' subway' in the upper right hand corder of these forums and you'll see all of these threads that will dissect this face and tell you exaclty what you are seeking.

Best,
Stuart :D

Stuart! I can't believe you would think this is anything but Helvetica. To be precise, it's not the version that we know and love/hate today, but the pre-digital display version from the metal/phototype days. If you've got an old Letraset catalog you can see it in detail.

There was a thread last year where I illustrated the differences here. Scroll to about halfway down.

Also, compare this and this. (Gothic 725 is Bitstream's version of Akzidenz Grotesk. Berthold doesn't have a test drive feature on their site for the real thing.)

Doesn't the sample photo make you puke when you look at the letter spacing. You almost have to try to make it that bad