Identify this font

November 1, 2005 4:52 PM

Can someone identify the font on this picture? It could be a really simple one, but I can't tell my fonts apart.
posted by Anoxs to writing & language (17 comments total)

I'd suggest manually seperating the characters in your preferred image editing program (or if you're not able to do that, finding someone who can do it for you... would do it myself but don't have the time at the moment) and then uploading the file to a (free) online font recognition service.

My favorite is What the Font .

In this case, you're going to have to eliminate the second "line" of text for the program to be able to recognize it.

If you can't work it, or find someone who can... email me and I'll do it when I get a second later today.
posted by cadastral at 5:24 PM on November 1, 2005

I was bored, so I cut it up in Photoshop and tried it in What the Font. Regrettably, it didn't find anything that was very close. I was surprised since it looks very familiar.
posted by smackfu at 5:38 PM on November 1, 2005

It looks like Cooper Black to me.
posted by clh at 6:17 PM on November 1, 2005

To me too. It looks a lot like Cooper Black Outline Condensed, with part of the second A changed with a graphics program to resemble an upside-down heart or part of a spade, both of which would work with the word Blackjack.
posted by iconomy at 6:27 PM on November 1, 2005

Want to know more about Cooper Black?
posted by clh at 6:36 PM on November 1, 2005

Not to bust the whole "marked as best answer" thing you got goin' here, but that's definitely not Cooper Black. Cooper Black has much rounder shapes... look at the top of the "a" and the serifs on "B" "l" and "k"...
posted by Robot Johnny at 7:46 PM on November 1, 2005

I agree with Robot Johnny. It looks very little like Cooper Black.
posted by solid-one-love at 7:56 PM on November 1, 2005

I agree with Robot Johnny and solid-one-love. It looks chunky like Cooper Black, but crossed with the Rolling Stone logo.
posted by electric_counterpoint at 8:20 PM on November 1, 2005

Robot Johnny is right, that's definitely not Cooper Black. The font bears a few similarities to Goudy Heavyface, but that's still very much not it.
posted by Goblindegook at 8:33 PM on November 1, 2005

It's pretty close to the "Alfredo Hollow" (NOT to be confused with "Alfredo's Dance", which is totally different) that is on some of the 'Famous Fonts' sites as Garfield... just look at it in Italic... not exact, but the same general shapes.
posted by wendell at 3:30 AM on November 2, 2005

And thus we see for the hundredth time why I think the idea of giving special weight to answers marked "best" is silly.
posted by languagehat at 6:33 AM on November 2, 2005

it's not special weight, it's a different coloured background.

you might give special weight to things with a different coloured background.

and anyway, isn't the motivation more about social engineering - to engender a certain earnestness in us all? teachers don't give out gold stars because they think they're a great reward for their favourite pupil; they do it to make the people at the back of the class feel bad.
posted by andrew cooke at 7:02 AM on November 2, 2005

and also, aren't you being presciptivist :oP
posted by andrew cooke at 7:07 AM on November 2, 2005

wendell sez: "just look at it in Italic... not exact, but the same general shapes."

Bear in mind that the font in the picture does not display true italics, though. A properly italicised lower case 'a' seldom looks like that, which leads me to suspect the logo designer simply tilted the text for effect.
posted by Goblindegook at 10:36 AM on November 2, 2005

This is absolutely nothing like Cooper Black or any of Oz Cooper's very rounded letterforms. Looks more like an obliqued Utopia Black, but softer, and the serifs are a bit more pronounced; probably had a same-color stroke applied to it at some point.

Myfonts Whatthefont gives us no response, as the sample is too tight. Try Typophile's type identification board.
posted by luriete at 11:39 AM on November 2, 2005

and also, aren't you being presciptivist :oP

You're just jealous 'cause you don't have the complete OED.

*preens*
posted by languagehat at 11:55 AM on November 2, 2005

Well, there's your final answer, from Mark Simonson himself:

"It’s some kind of slanted ultrabold version of Bembo. Unfortunately, I can’t find a digital version that bold. In case they were wondering, the bottom line is slanted Palatino…"
posted by luriete at 12:24 PM on November 2, 2005