Typophile

Zac Kyes squiffy grotesque font

modernactivity

Hello

I would love to know what this slightly squiffy grotesque is... from a lovely poster by Zac Kyes...
thanks for your time and help!

http://www.modernactivity.com/images/orange.jpg

Knockout 67 is close, but the crossbar on the ’A’ is not low enough.

- Lex

P.S. If this is predigital, it might be some old wood type that hasn’t been digitized yet.

- Lex

It difinitely looks pre-digital judging by the space around the first A in CATASTROPHE.

Nick Cooke

> It difinitely looks pre-digital... Yet it is dated 2005. And here are other uses of the same characters. Interesting.

From the website: Poster series for photographer Kim Schoen’s exhibition Living History Project for which we commissioned Los Angeles letterpress printers Colby Printing Co.

- Lex

P.S. “KIM SCHOEN” is Franklin Gothic.

I just found these fonts: My Fonts - Toronto Gothic seems pretty close... sort of pre-digital then vectorized

http://www.myfonts.com/url?7b881c19c9fbe812789ce2c6d312f01b

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