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"The New Retro" large number 2

jennalawrence

Hello,
Im hunting for this font or something close to it.
It is the large number two shown here that Im keen in finding.

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Some version of Kabel should get you quite close.

A number of the multiline fonts like Aki Lines, Zeppelin, and some of the Prisma clan shown here might be even closer. There was at least one digital version of Aki Lines, from Image Club.

- Mike Yanega

Sorry if it seems like I’m hijacking this thread, but I’ve been looking for similar 2’s. I love the way the counter looks a bit like a defiant fist. The sample on the left is the second-class marking on Polish railway carriages. On the right is a building number in London. I can see these are different faces from the different way the down stroke meets the bottom stroke, something which cannot be seen in Jenna’s sample. I’m imagining a lot of customising work has been done to that, if it isn’t in fact drawn from scratch. I’m hoping mine might be more recognisable.

I think each of these samples is from a different font/typeface. The right hand 2, with the pointed ’nose’ looks a bit like Kabel, as Craig Eliason mentioned above, only not quite as closed. I think this is a feature of some Bauhaus-Art Deco styles.

- Mike Yanega

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