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 Does anyone know of a font that is very similar to Swiss721BT Heavy but is free to use for Windows?
You can view Swiss721BT Heavy HERE
Thank you
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Try Swiss. 721. And, ehh, I'd like the crown jewels for free. Can you help?
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Look at the R, the G and the S. This is Helvetica and/or Swiss 721 or one of the many clones around. Try condensed bold variations.
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Not a font. That is, not one font but a weird mix of fonts by a signmaker that ran out of space. Who knows.
The E can be the Humanist 521 Extra Bold Condensed (BT)
The A can be the Swiss 721 Black (BT)
The L can be the Flyer Black Condensed (Fantasia)
The I can be most anything
The N can be the Newhouse DT Extra Black (DTP Types)
The G can be the Franklin Gothic Heavy
The M can be the Newhouse DT Extra Black
The O can be most anything
The T can be the Franklin Gothic Heavy or the Flyer Black Condensed
The R can be the Futura Extra Black Condensed (or one of it's many variations)
The S can be the Futura Extra Black Condensed (or one of it's many variations - probably the Flyer Black Condensed - see the lower left side of the S)
If this would in the end happen to be a font after all then at least we know where the font maker has been borrowing ...
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Bitstream's Swiss 721 is a good substitute to the Neue. Commercial of course. But Google comes to the rescue. Look for Lilian Homepage - Fontes - S.
Weird though that if you have to (re)create a logo, for which you will be paid you hate to pay others for their work.
Food for thought.
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No need to shout. It's the Helvetica Rounded Black or its Bitstream substitute Swiss 721 Black Rounded.
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Helvetica Black Extended or as an alternative Swiss 721 Black Extended.
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Hey there SG-
Here we go: your top one, though it looks straightforward, is a little difficult to put a finger on. Put it this way -- it's a heavyweight of either Helvetica, good ol' Arial, Swiss 721 BT or Zurich BT. This, I suppose, depends on exactly how dead-on you wish to be. But this sample is too small and has too few characters to be able to make perfect match. Arial, of course, comes free with Windows9x and upward. Helvetica, Swiss and Zurich are all available from MyFonts at varying prices.
Your second font is much simpler. Originally it would have been Eurostile Extended, but there are clones floating all over the 'net on sites such as this under names like "Eurasia", "Eurose", "Microgramma", and on and on. A little delving and you'll eventually find what you're looking for.
Good lick and also luck,
-T
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Probably Helvetica Heavy or the Swiss / Zurich / etc variants.
Edit kk:
CEGK!: Hamburg ExtraBold.
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Oh well, what can I say about Adrian Frutiger's best known font?
Ok, let's say it's a Swiss typeface, with a Swiss design, with its own Swiss clarity. It's probably one of the most readable (legible?) in the whole set of typefaces.
I think it's cool – not in the meaning of stylish, but cool, as a thing thrown out of the fridge. It certainly makes its job well: it's been designed for CDG's airport signs and banners. Aside from that and road signs or very conservative logos and the small print – address and the like – in the stationery, I do not think I'd use it.
Helvetica, to name another Swiss-made bestseller, has more flair to me and it's more versatile.
(and yes, I do love Switzerland: the square flag, her William Tell and all the cows. And the lakes, the mountains, the weed)
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