Typophile

BHP report has unusually wide font spacing. Please help..what is it??

paulten

Hi all

I'm really interesting to find out what font this is. For a document which has such a small print it is so easy to read. i've tried various font identifiers but im not convinced. I attached a pdf because any image or scan i made distorted the font. I would like to know what size they are using in this document too. Any help would be much appriciated as i would like to purchase this asap.

cheers
Paul

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bhpBillitonSustainabilityReport2010 9.pdf239.28 KB

The font is Transit. The text is set at 9 pt, the table at the top at 7.5 pt.

Go to Properties/Fonts in Acrobat, it will tell you the names of any embedded fonts.

For more detailed information (font size for instance) I use Tools > Advanced editing > Touch up text tools, then select the characters and choose "Properties"

And to get the copyright, I need to use FontForge: Copyright BVG und MetaDesign 1996, published by FontShop International for FontFont release 21.

Any better way?

Michel

Thankyou very much guys for your help. I didn't know you could find out the font properties in acrobat.

Problem is it's a restricted font on font.com and i can't buy it online as i live in australia.

What are my options??

cheers

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