Comments on: name that font!

Question: name that font!

echo0720 — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:52:53 -0800

What is this font? And this color? Is the font for this company's logo proprietary or can I find it somewhere (like on my computer!)? What about the color?

By: fogster

fogster — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:56:44 -0800

The "CSC"? It looks to just be made up of the same shape repeated over, so it might not be a 'font' at all, just the elbow-pipe shape artfully arranged.

As far as the color, the eyedropper in Photoshop will tell you. Someone who comes along will surely have access to it; I currently do not.

By: iconomy

iconomy — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:58:22 -0800

The red color? It's #CE0000.

By: echo0720

echo0720 — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:18:02 -0800

Thanks! At work, the closest thing to photoshop I have is powerpoint. Or maybe MS Paint!

By: Joleta

Joleta — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:55:36 -0800

I'm always either trying to figure out a screen color or the size of an online image, so I wouldn't be without the freeware programs HTML Color Picker and Pixel Ruler. And no one has yet mentioned playing "20 Questions" (or more) with Identifont.

By: D.C.

D.C. — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:11:41 -0800

I very much doubt there is a font of that logotype.

Whoever is in charge of their publications probably has a specific Pantone color they use consistently. This on-screen version is a pure, 100% saturated red, approx. 81% brightness.

By: O9scar

O9scar — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:43:30 -0800

I can pull a high-quality version of the logo out of one of their PDFs, if you'd like. I don't think it's a font either.

From that PDF, the "raw" CMYK colors for the logo are C 9.41 M 100 Y 85.49 K 1.57

By: misha

misha — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:59:06 -0800

The logo is a gif, and it may be proprietary, but I found similar fonts searching "stencil" at Identifont.

By: echo0720

echo0720 — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:27:26 -0800

got it (or close enough) - thank you all!

By: mjger

mjger — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:48:32 -0800

In the future you can try whatthefont.com

By: bink

bink — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:45:49 -0800

There's a Firefox plugin called ColorZilla that gives you a little eyedropper you can use to find the color of any pixel on any web page. (Like the #426746 background of this one.) It kind of rocks.

By: krautland

krautland — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 23:55:21 -0800

pssst ... color help for all ya enthusiasts: http://kuler.adobe.com.

with love,
k.