flux is a pretty close match.

FF Dax Light comes reasonably close too. But the original is way yummy, I agree. It's a perfect mirror image without looking contrived.

This just in from Karl @ dezap:

"Hi Yves,

Thank you for your e-mail.

I have spoken with the designer who created the site and the fonts used are fonts that he has designed himself, so are not commercially available. He seems reluctant to allow anyone else to access his fonts as he can sometimes spend weeks developing them for specific projects.

Thanks again,

Karl"

Sometimes it helps to just ask... ;)

Talking about mirror images...

***QUIZ TIME***

Which typeface has a perfect mirror image of the lowercase "L" for the lowercase "Y"?

C'mon, guys 'n' gals (lads 'n' lasses for ye British) show me what y're worth. B)

I know this one!!!

Is it <a href="http://www.emigre.com/EF.php?fid=122">Suburban</a> ?

designed himself?
to me it looks very much like Beta Sans from Shiftype:

http://www.shiftype.com/fonts/detail.asp?id=M1900&tpl=betasans/detail.html

The only thin changed is that the d is a flipped b.

See also Simon Schmidt customized version of beta
http://www.close.nu/11.html

Congrats, Karen! Should I be impressed? I guess so! Unfortunately, you win absolutely nothing... sorry.

Peter, I really don't think this face is Beta Sans. Check their website where you'll be able to see much more characters.

P.S. These special FX formatting codes on Typophile are way kewl. Don't worry, I'll get tired of them pretty soon...

Yves, you are right, the one on the site is not Beta...but it looks differnet on their site than on the image above � more condensed

Thanks everybody. Well, the dezap logotype is (no doubt) a lovely piece of work.

t.

No prize? Hmm... nevermind, at least I won't be getting any sleepless nights thinking "I know that font but what is it?????"

But this dezap font really looks like Hans Riechel's work, no?

Just to wrap up this thread, some words by the creator himself (he didn't make it in time before shutdown):

Yves

I have been forwarded your email messages from Karl. Thank you very much for the kind remarks about the dezap typeface, which I simply call 'dezap'.

There are currently just 3 different weights (light, regular, bold). The one used for the logotype is the 'regular' weight and the rest of the website uses the 'light' weight.

I created the 5 original d-e-z-a-p characters as a standalone logotype to enable the logo to be reversible through 180 degrees, and then it eventually evolved into a full family which is now used across the company branding.

Certainly, the simplicity of Hans Reichel's 'Dax' typeface was something I had in mind when designing this font, but I hope 'dezap' can be evaluated on its own merits.

On a small side note, the photograph that has been posted on the Typophile forum is from our website. It is of a sign that hangs on the studio wall. I would usually insist that the logotype reads from top to bottom (or bottom to top), rather that left to right. The viewer then has to tilt their head and physically 'interact' with the logo in order to read it

Thanks again!


NEIL ROBINSON
dezap