OPTI Majer Irregular: original typeface it was taken from?

sansdavid22 December 2011 · 12:47

Hi all,

I'm looking for a digital version of OPTI Majer Irregular, preferably one without the checkered past of OPTI fonts. It's the secondary font used for Curious George seen here as the secondary headings.

I know OPTI fonts are poor quality digitizations of fonts swiped from elsewhere, so if anyone has any clue as to the original typeface, that would be fantastic!

Thanks,
David

Riccardo Sartori22 December 2011 · 13:10

I’d say Filmotype Modern, while narrower, is another (licensed) digital rendition of the same pre-digital source:
http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/filmotype/modern/

sansdavid22 December 2011 · 13:58

Thanks so much! This is by far the closest match I've seen, and I've been at this for a while. If anyone has any other history about the pre-digital source, I'd be grateful.

Riccardo Sartori22 December 2011 · 14:17

I’m sorry I hadn’t made myself clear enough: the pre-digital source is Filmotype’s Modern, as stated in the description provided on MyFonts.
I said that it was one rendition because it could be that there were variations that wasn’t digitised.

sansdavid2 January 2013 · 14:32

In case anyone is curious, Filmotype has since released a near-perfect match with Filmotype Major (clearly from the same family as Modern):
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/filmotype/major/

Hrant H Papazian2 January 2013 · 14:50

They really should mention that widening Modern (by 30%) pretty much yields Major.

hhp

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