Sweet scripty font that I would love to have!
July 12, 2011 11:02 PM   Subscribe

I would love to know the name of this font. Whatthefont.com had no clue.
posted by Spyder's Game to Media & Arts (10 answers total)
 
Are you sure it's a font, and not just a calligraphed logo? Any larger samples?
posted by Lady Li at 11:03 PM on July 12, 2011


Actually, looking at the two 'i's in Kitira, it looks like they're different - so done individually, not the same character twice - and probably not a font.
posted by Lady Li at 11:04 PM on July 12, 2011 [1 favorite]


Response by poster: Sorry, that's the biggest version of the logo that I could find online.
posted by Spyder's Game at 11:11 PM on July 12, 2011


I meant larger as in, more letters - a paragraph, etc. For one logo, unless there's a larger text sample, I would assume it's designed by hand and not a font.
posted by Lady Li at 11:19 PM on July 12, 2011


Below on the page it says, "Drawing with Words in Stylized form(75% Reduction of drawing size)." So it seems to be hand/computer drawn and not a font at all.
posted by bluedaisy at 11:34 PM on July 12, 2011


So it looks like Vance Kitira is the name of the person who started the company. Perhaps it's just his signature?
posted by bluedaisy at 11:37 PM on July 12, 2011


I agree that this is likely hand-lettered rather than a font. Besides the two "i"s, the two "a"s also display differences. This isn't indisputable evidence because some typefaces are actually designed with alternate versions of certain characters. But in this case the alternate versions of the vowels aren't different enough to serve individual functions, making it more likely that the differences are due to hand-lettering rather than design.
posted by Jeff Howard at 11:40 PM on July 12, 2011


It almost looks like a customized/modified Visigoth. Once you actually compare, it's pretty clearly not that font, especially the caps. But it could indicate a particular style of calligraphy, which might be a new starting point toward something closer. I'm leaning toward the custom lettering opinion already brought up. Actually identifying the style I'll have to leave to those more knowledgeable of such things.
posted by Su at 3:17 AM on July 13, 2011


The subtle differences between the a's and i's lead me to believe that it's hand-lettered, too.
posted by Thorzdad at 5:56 AM on July 13, 2011


It's calligraphy.
posted by JJ86 at 6:33 AM on July 13, 2011


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