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September 4, 2009 6:32 PM   Subscribe

What is the font on this "Durham Fair" logo?
posted by Jon_Evil to Grab Bag (10 answers total)
 
Response by poster: this is the un-warped version: http://durhamfair.com/images/layout/layout_02.gif
posted by Jon_Evil at 6:43 PM on September 4, 2009


Have you tried What the Font?
posted by DarlingBri at 6:51 PM on September 4, 2009 [1 favorite]


Best answer: 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, 2009


Response by poster: 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, 2009


Best answer: 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, 2009


Response by poster: 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, 2009 [1 favorite]


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, 2009


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, 2009


Possibly Cowboy Rodeo, warped?
posted by Laura in Canada at 7:19 PM on September 4, 2009


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, 2009


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