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I agree Yves. The S, Q, and of course the E have been modified, but those are all very simple changes. (Make the new Q from an O, for example.)

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Javi-Chan, the "OBSCURE" looks like it's probably unadulterated Bank Gothic. Note that the S is different from the one in "Square." The one in "OBSCURE" is the real Bank Gothic S. They must have simply customized it for that one logo and used it as is for the rest of the magazine.

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We cannot see enough detail of the magazine text OBSCURE to see that it is different from Bank Gothic. Can you enlarge the part of the magazine that shows these letters?

I will try to show you how easily Bank Gothic can be made to look like SQUARE ENIX in another post in a few minutes.

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Bank Gothic looks pretty close to me for the "Obscure" word... the S, R and E look identical.

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Here is your sample followed by one I created from Bank Gothic BT. I only had the Medium weight, so I added stroke thickness. I used four white rectangles to modify the S (2 places) and the two E's, by hiding parts of them. I used 2 red rectangles to make the bars for the E's, and I used a black rectangle to add a tail to an O to make the Q.
SquareEnixSimulation

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My guess is that the original sample is slightly condensed as well.

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It might have been based off of a different Bank Gothic than the one you have, Javi... the various digital versions of Bank Gothic differ in width. The Bitstream version seems slightly wider than the E&F version -- maybe this is based off of E&F's. Another possibility is Banque Gothique RR, but this one seems wider also.

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