can anybody id this font or something that is similar to this..and something that is free ;)

Hi,

Optima (Hermann Zapft). There is a version called URW-Classico available. You can get 4 cuts an a few other fonts sponsored and GPLed bei URWPP for free. You can get this fonts from any CTAN-Mirror (Comprehensive TeX Archive Network):

http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/urw/

@moderator: this is 100% legal, see the Readmes in the packages. There is no need to delete this links.

Bye bye