Typophile

Newspaper headline font

Der Kosmonaut


This font is used for headlines in a local newspaper. It looks slightly like HTF Verlag Black, but the G and Q are a bit wider. Any ideas ?

(this could be a custom type, it is a fairly big newspaper)

Neutraface from House Industries is close.

looks slightly like HTF Verlag Black

i think it is Verlag, G and Q and all.

Nah, I did compare and Verlag is slightly wider (as opposed to what I wrote in the first message). Out of that it is quite similar. And I’ve looked into Neutraface too, but the cross bar on the E is set very low and I don’t like it that much.

»And I’ve looked into Neutraface too, but the cross bar on the E is set very low and I don’t like it that much.«

In that case, have you seen Neutraface Nr. 2? But still not exact, I think …

still not 100%, but look at Le Havre

Verlag on the left. Very similar, although especially the ‘S’ is different. Verlag with custom squooshing?

Jan, my eyes must be calibrated differently than yours — those S’s look identical to me.

- Mike Yanega

Hm, to me the top overshoot seems greater in Verlag.

Definitely Verlag Black.

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