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September 10, 2009 3:23 PM

[font filter] Help me identify this font.

Check this webpage: http://www.mun.ca/big/menu.php

What is the name of the font used in the lower left corner? Thanks in advance!

posted by tomcochrane to Computers & Internet (10 answers total)

Gotham Bold
posted by milarepa at 3:28 PM on September 10, 2009

whatthefont.com says the very large type (BIG) is Avenir Black.
posted by nowonmai at 3:30 PM on September 10, 2009

Now, that I look at it closely, Gotham is close but not quite. The negative space in the B is longer in gotham. Damn close though.
posted by milarepa at 3:35 PM on September 10, 2009

All of the text on the page is different weights of Avenir. The middle segment of Gotham's "M," for example, doesn't hit the baseline, while Avenir's does. Proxima has too much thick-to-thin variation to match the text on that page.
posted by martens at 3:59 PM on September 10, 2009

It's really close, but the telling character to me is the lower-case "a". The bowl on the Proxima character is more bulbous than on the text in question. The Avenir "a" is slightly droopy.
posted by martens at 4:14 PM on September 10, 2009

It's Avenir.
posted by muscat at 4:52 PM on September 10, 2009

Thanks everyone! I think Avenir is really close, and that's close enough.
posted by tomcochrane at 6:12 PM on September 10, 2009

It's Gill Sans Bold
posted by naplesyellow at 6:15 PM on September 10, 2009

Forgot to give you the link:
Gill Sans Bold
posted by naplesyellow at 6:17 PM on September 10, 2009

Quick update: Turns out it actually is Avenir. Thanks!
posted by tomcochrane at 5:59 PM on September 16, 2009