Typophile

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Hi all,
Does anyone know the font DC comics uses? See http://www.gamerscircle.net/images1/dc_logo.jpg for an example.

[edited by moderator - see comment below]

-Will

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ITC Machine manipulated and with a stroke added.

I'm not in the business of hunting down free look-alikes maybe someone else can help him there.

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I don't know if anybody saw it but the New York Times ran an article on new typefaces a few weeks back in Arts & Leisure. They highlighted (of course) Emigre, House, Hoefler, etc. but it was still nice to see some recognition of the "new classics". They also confirmed what's been the subject of much debate here, which is that it's rare to find a free font with the character quality, full character set, kerning pairs, etc. that make a font beautiful and truly usable.

Not that all licensed fonts are great either...

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ITC Machine is overpriced at $39.95 for a single weight. That's their privilege, of course.

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There are actually 2 weights at $21 each, according to MyFonts.

And whether something is overpriced depends on how badly you need it ;-)

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I was looking at the ITF site...

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