Typophile

Service - similar to Handel Gothic

anonymous

This font looks somewhat like Handel Gothic, but the R is not Handel. Any ideas what it is?service

It reminds me of Koshgarian but thicker.

I got this font on a 5 1/4" diskette with a few others on my first Win 3.1 system back in 1993 or so. As far as I can remember, the booklet that came with the font package said it was based on the design for the Pepsi logo (maybe designed by the same person?).

I cannot verify whether or not this font is a rip-off of a real font or not (I seem to remember that the diskette also included fonts called "Futuri" and "Cabel").

- Lex

Futuri? Wasn't that done by Piel Renner? And Cabel by Robert Coch?

Hi Evan,

Due to the specimen source, it smells vintage to me, Handel is too futuristic for this treatment. Check out our Dairyland font from the County Fair Picnic. It's not exact, but it emulates the feel of the letters closely . . .

http://www.fontdiner.com/menu_cfp.html

Best,
Stuart :D

Rip-offs unfortunately. :-(

Thank you all, I think it is pre-digital - it was for a co. that is 100 years old.

Hard to tell from such a rough sample but it looks like it might be hand lettered to me. Inconsistencies in thickness of stroke and in the curves.

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