(I'm referring, of course, to the all caps handwriting font.)

Could't find an exact match, but there are several close faces at Blambot http://www.blambot.com/fonts.shtml (esp "Sketchpad Note") or Comicraft (possibly JeffCampbellSignature http://www.comicbookfonts.com/fonts/CL/catalog.html?item=fonts:cl316&sid...) or JimLee http://www.comicbookfonts.com/fonts/BL/catalog.html?item=fonts:bl008&sid...

This isn't it either, but it is a very nicely done typeface:

http://www.ms-studio.com/FontSales/felttiproman.html#

yep, but none of them are identical... it's that capital R that i've seen some place else... this one is really doing my head in!!!

I just thought of something, would it be the same as the Friends TV show logo?

Close, but no cigar... :-)

--Michael.

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Me, too, Brett... It's the R (and the 5) that seemed so familiar to me, too.

I emailed Mike Yanega to ask him to weigh in...

--Michael.

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Hi Michael,

Just saw your e-mail. I think I have seen this before, and I think I have it in Part 11 of the Script Font ID Guide. We are going out the door in a few minutes, so I'm afraid I don't have time to chase it down, but I think it's in there.

- Mike Yanega

Thanks, Mike, for checking in on this one...

I went through the 25 pages of Part 11, but didn't find an exact match.

I'll keep on a-hunting! ;-)

--Michael.

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nope, couldn't see it either... the closest in 'spirit' was 'divine'

will continue obsessively looking as well :-)

I've searched Dafonts 'Handwrtten' category, Part 14 of the Script Guide, Ronna Penner's (Typadelic) collection, Chank's GFY Handwrting fonts, and I started looking through the 'Handwriting' fonts at MyFonts. That's when I saw Font Garden Matilda and some bells went off, but it was only 'close but no cigar'. I could almost see the same person doing our 'mystery font'. (However, this was the closest of the fonts by this designer (Ellinor Maria Rapp) shown at MyFonts, though several others showed this odd kind of 'R'.)

I am sure I have tried finding this one before, and thought I got an answer, but now I am not sure if I only came up with a similar alternative, like 'Divine'. You know our FAQ statement about hand-printed fonts still applies. Maybe this ad designer had a custom font made. The approach is perfect for a 'signature' style. Maybe it was used in more than one ad, and that's where I saw it before? There comes a time when it seems pointless to keep hunting. Are we there Brett?

- Mike Yanega

what about we have a whip-round to hire a private detective to track down the catalogue's designer? :0)

thanks for all the work mike *deep breath* i'm going to let this one go... *exhale*

what about you michael... you gonna keep on looking? let me know if you do find it! (damn... and i thought i'd let it go)

Yeah, I'll keep going. If you see this thread brought to the front page of the ID section again, check back in! :-)

--Michael.

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