Typophile

(x) Similar to Optima / stressed sans? - Peignot, Barbedor {Nina, Mark S}

Brimstone

It is a "little" similar to Optima but the numbers are different, especially the "5".

The number "52".
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I have a science fiction novel that has the same style of numbers, and it was printed back in 1983.

New Millennium Sans is a bit similar except for the numbers and being too recent.

That's Peignot.

The number 52 is Peignot.
Andreas

The numerals come from Peignot, but the lettering may actually be Optima. The lower case of the lettering shown in the table does not match Peignot, nor does the M.

- Mike Yanega

Yes, the letters aren't Peignot. I was only looking at the "52".
The letters aren't Optima either though (looking at "MOBILIZATION ZONE") – the angles of the "M" are different and the "O" has what looks like diagonal stress.

It's too hard to see the details, but a pen-drawn font called Amanda seems to have similar shapes. I don't get the feeling that the lettering in the sample is quite so 'freehand' looking, but I can't think of a better stressed sans offhand.

- Mike Yanega

Nice one Mike – hadn't seen that before. I suspected Lydian. Thing is this mystery font (that we're maybe not even supposed to find ;-) has non-reversed stress in the "Z".

Maybe Castle could be close?

- Mike Yanega

Thanks for the ID and the other suggestions. Very helpful!

It's hard to tell for sure from such a tiny sample, but I think the mystery font is ITC Syndor. The M, Z and other characters seem to match.

You could be right Mark, but I never thought to consider small serif fonts. I can't SEE any serifs at all, but the image is small. Some of the lower case that you can guess at seems consistent too.

- Mike Yanega

Hmm... Wrong font but the right type designer (Hans Eduard Meier). I think it's actually Barbedor. Meier designed several faces with similar structure, but different details.

Yes, Mark is right: see the G in ‘Gun' and the y. Both are pretty distinctive – and match Barbedor. Good one!

Ahh, I thought I'd seen it before! Great one Mark.

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