It's Ziggurat by the venerable Hoefler & Frere-Jones type foundry.
P.S. The "un-warped" version isn't, exactly, unwarped. It's been squashed horizontally, which is no way to treat a well-crafted font. For shame, Durham. posted by martens at 7:00 PM on September 4
Thanks for the tip on What the Font, it's not finding anything, but it's really cool! posted by Jon_Evil at 7:04 PM on September 4
I don't think it's Ziggarat, because of the missing serifs at the top of the uppercase A and the assymetry of the uppercase A.
My guess is that it's Playbill or a cheap knockoff of it. posted by MegoSteve at 7:07 PM on September 4
Thanks, martens. Sorry, we hicks in Durham don't know much about typography. As to the results of the internet pissing contest, Metafilter has beaten Aardvark for quickest answer. Good job, everybody! posted by Jon_Evil at 7:08 PM on September 4 [1 favorite has favorites]
Ah, I think you're right, MegoSteve. My mind jumped to fancy-$100-designer-font before installed-on-ever-Mac-font, which is probably a poor decision.
But if you want to use a Playbill-esque font for something, Ziggurat the nicest variety. posted by martens at 7:11 PM on September 4
The more I look at it, the more I think that there are two fonts at play here. I don't think a stretched Playbill would look as nice in a circle as your first logo example is.
I'd browse My Fonts and look for "Slab Serif" and see if you can find a good match. posted by MegoSteve at 7:12 PM on September 4
My sister went to the Durham Fair yesterday. I asked her how it was and she said, "We saw... livestock." posted by ocherdraco at 6:44 PM on September 27
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