18 matchesHi, I'm a newbie here, but I've been dabbling in typography and font design on my own for a few years now. I have discovered a style of ornamental capital which I'm eager to find as a font. I'm not sure if it is really a font, though. It might just be fancy customised lettering.
I found these capitals in a book called "Angels: An Endangered Species". I was actually more impressed by these capitals than by the content of the book. I just stumbled on this site, and there seem to be more than a few folks here who really know their fonts :)
Okay, a little more detail on this: I've searched through the text, and these ornate caps are reserved for chapter openings (as they should be), so there are few of them. I was only able to spot these 4 letters (some are used more than once at various places).
Any ideas on this one? The engraved look of the detail makes me think that it's probably custom lettering, but with font design as intricate as it is these days, I figured even for a book that's been around since 1990, that there might be such a font. Oh, and one more thing: the typesetting of the text was done by someone in Florence, italy by the name of Simonetta Castelli. I know, it's a long shot, but I can't find anything but pages in Italian on her (hmm ... wonder why?? ;) Thanks in advance for helping!
David
15 matchesI am looking for a font w/ people, preferably kids, making letters either w/ their whole bodies or like "YMCA." I swear I've seen that type of logo, but does it exist as a font? FYI, this is for a community coalition that serves kids.
1 matchesHello,
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I'm trying to solve a puzzle and have been given a hint by someone that to solve it, I need to find the font used.
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No. You need the alphabet and the letters. What you call font is just a digiatalisation of one possible representation of the letters. :-)
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I have googled all morning to no avail!
I'm not really even sure what keywords to search as I am not too familiar with fonts.
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Alphabet! Letters! Don't care about the font. Ok, I go on ...
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Does anyone recognise it?
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No. But the letters causes a deja vu. But it's not the alphabet I used to know.
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If not help me with some keywords to google so I can spend some time manually looking for it.
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Keywords: signal(ing) flag, semaphore
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_semaphore
But this alphabet is only losely based on it. Just try a statistical analysis based on the occurency of the different signs/letters. It's the base method for this kind of soft crptography. Also try social engeenering ...
bye bye
1 matchesThis is part of a font I already have called 'Steinberg Notation' which, other than these letters consists of musical symbols. Does anyone know whether these letters exist in a seperate font that contains all the letters of the alphabet in the same style. And if so, can someone help me ID it. Many Thanks
Jed
2 matchesFinally! A free version of Wim Crouwel's New Alphabet 3 by Matt McInerney.
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? I am looking for the simplest thing, a very plain fontbat of the alphabet letters in a simple circle, similar to the number sets in our beloved ITC Zapf Dingbats. I cannot imagine that it was not one of the first sets created, however I do not remember actually seeing it and can not locate it for the life of me. I find every other flavor under the sun (including letters within squares, ovals, decorated circles, etc) but not the simple bullet that I am seeking. Any help would be most appreciated
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! Hay, can anyone help me? I'm looking for a font called Brunel, the only referance i can find on the web is that it is a modern attempt of the 70's british rail font aptly named 'Rail Alphabet'
Can i download it, even view it anywhere??
Any help would be appreciated,
1 matchesNo way - this font is brilliant - just type the alphabet in the 'Preview text' box so you can see all the cool letters - and you get the little dudes too!! :-)
1 matchesHeh, neat. The font I submitted called Tribal Two is one of the top downloads!
3 matchesWell my friend the chinese do not have as we in the world of the west a thing as a alphabet. they use a system of strokes to denote words or sounds to be joined that in turn can mean completely diffrent words so unless you know
1) what the words you want are in chinese ( be it cantonese or mandarin the main dilects among several hundred in china) or the charaters that would make the sounds of the words in english (sound simulation). I would stay clear of this line of thought.
2) The japanese have also a charater based writen form almost the same as chinese but also have a second form of writing called Kanji which is used to make the sounds of western words which they have no actual japanese meanings such as brand names.
take the this not as a step back but as a step in the right direction it may be easier to find some one to write out what you need and then take it from there. But be worned that in both chinese and japanese there is one indavidual charecter for every word in the language. and these words cannot be broken down into letters as we know it. Its more than a font thing. you can't just get a chinese font and type in the charcters as they apear on your key board and spell out what you want, it would't make any sense, not phoneticly or in the actual language.
My final advise find a simulation font its where that latin alphabet takes on the shapes and almost looks oriental, much quiker.
GooD Luck
BiG
