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What printed this Certification?

Faint of Butt — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:50:52 -0800

What sort of machine printed this Certification of Birth Abroad? The letters are broken up and stencil-ish, but it's no ordinary dot-matrix printer. I have here a Certification of Birth Abroad of a US citizen, printed at the US embassy in Lima, Peru, in 1978, and it's blowing my mind because I've never seen printing like this before and I don't know what kind of machine produced it. The form itself is pre-printed, but the personal information filling in the blanks is the weird stuff.

The font is all caps, and the characters are broken up into individual lines and shapes. The letter H looks something like this:

| | - | |

and a Y looks something like this:

\ / |

Other letters and numbers contain curved lines, and an O is sort of like this:

n ( ) u

only not nearly as disjointed.

Identifont is no help. Do you have any ideas? I'll be happy to answer any other questions about the type.

Everyone else uses Times New Roman

pompomtom — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:11:24 -0800

My SO is about to submit her doctoral thesis. What font should she use? (Australia, medieval history, if that matters)

I drove that font into the ocean.

NoraReed — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:40:36 -0800

What font do they use in A Softer World? Is it the same font in the footer as in the main comic?

Help me name this font

klinefelter — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:57:06 -0800

What the font? Can anyone help identify the font I used in the logo and header of this site?

Can I hire someone to create a Paper Source-like image?

semacd — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:00:10 -0800

I want to copy the Paper Source feel for my wedding font and motif. How can I do that? A few related questions here. #1. I like the font the Paper Source uses in their own ads and informational materials. Can anyone suggest where I could download a similar font? (Bonus points for free.) I've been searching but don't even really know what category of fonts that would fall under. #2. I want to pay an artist to make me a custom motif that has the feel of the paper source dragonfly (but ours would be a totally different image) in the sense that it looks sort of rough and imperfect like a stamp or maybe a woodcutting. I want to be able to use that little custom motif on my invitations, program, website, welcome packet, etc. So (a) where should I advertise for that project and (b) how much should I pay and (c) how should I describe it? I already hired one graphic artist but he has been creating pretty/cutesy obviously computer-generated motifs that remind me of clipart and it's really not the look I'm after.

AOL logo font?

nostrich — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:09:09 -0800

What font is the AOL logo? Images here, for reference.

Looking for Outlook setting.

iconjack — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:33:07 -0800

Is there an Outlook setting to tell it to substitute a glyph from an alternate font if the current display font doesn't have a glyph for a particular character? For example, I send a message with left- and right-ceiling brackets (U+2308 and U+2309) to a colleague who uses Outlook. No font is specified in the message. Outlook uses Arial or whatever the default is to display the message. The stock Arial that comes with Windows does not contain a glyph for U+2308 and U+2309, so he can't see the bracket characters. Most e-mail programs will do the obvious thing and substitute a glyph from another font; however, Outlook does not, at least not out of the box. Is there a setting down in the bowels somewhere that will get Outlook to do this?

How can I replace embedded PDF fonts?

lwf — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:07:15 -0800

How can I replace embedded fonts in a PDF with "normal-looking" versions? I have a textbook I received from my professor for a class, and the text is incredibly hard to read. Screenshot of PDF. (non-highlighted text is what the text looks like normally)

I'd also like to not lose text formatting. (italics/monospace etc)

Why does my Asus occasionally behave as if it has no goddam sense?

jbickers — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:11:32 -0800

Ｗｈａｔ　ｉｓ　ｔｈｉｓ　ｗｅｉｒｄ，　ｍｏｎｏｓｐａｃｅ　ｔｈｉｎｇ　ｍｙ　Ａｓｕｓ　ＥＥＥ　ｎｅｔｂｏｏｋ　ｄｏｅｓ　ｆｏｒ　ｎｏ　ａｐｐａｒｅｎｔ　ｒｅａｓｏｎ？Ｓｏｍｅｔｉｍｅｓ　ｗｈｅｎ　Ｉ’ｍ　ｔｙｐｉｎｇ　ｏｎ　ｍｙ　Ａｓｕｓ　ＥＥＥ　ＰＣ，　ｔｈｅ　ｆｏｎｔｓ　ｓｕｄｄｅｎｌｙ　ａｌｌ　ｇｅｔ　ｒｅｐｌａｃｅｄ　ｗｉｔｈ　ｔｈｉｓ　ｗｅｉｒｄ　ｍｏｎｏｓｐａｃｅ　ｔｈｉｎｇ．　Ｖｅｒｙ　ｕｇｌｙ　ｏｎ　ｔｈｅ　ｅｙｅｓ，　ａｎｄ　Ｏｆｆｉｃｅ　ｄｏｃｕｍｅｎｔｓ　ａｐｐｅａｒ　ｔｏ　ｐｒｅｓｅｒｖｅ　ｉｔ．

Ｉ’ｍ　ｇｕｅｓｓｉｎｇ　ｓｏｍｅ　ｗｅｉｒｄ　ａｃｃｉｄｅｎｔａｌ　ｋｅｙｓｔｒｏｋｅ　ｔｏｕｃｈｅｓ　ｉｔ　ｏｆｆ，　ｂｕｔ　ｗｈａｔ　ｔｈｅ　ｈｅｌｌ？ And what can undo it?

Move this, word!

fantasticninety — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:17:42 -0800

Is there a website that allows you to create moveable font type vids? I'd like to know if there's a free site which allows people to type in text and then choose options to create a rough and ready version of this kind of thing.

How I can I find an old-style scientific vector plotter font?

dfan — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:10:56 -0800

When I was growing up, the graphs in all the science books from the middle of the 20th century had a particular vector-plotted look to them. Did they use a common font (or common plotting system), and how can I duplicate that appearance now? If you read science books written in the 1950s through 1980s, you probably know what I'm talking about - lots of these graphs and diagrams looked very consistent. It's a very simple sans-serif font and in practice often included many oblique or greek characters. I assume it was just a standard font on a common vector plotter at the time. I'd love to know 1) if the font has a name, or (more likely) if it's just some standard plotter font, what that plotter was, and 2) how I can most easily find a font that looks like that for nostalgic use today.

Some examples:
- Circuits, Signals, and Systems: click "Look Inside" and look at the diagrams on the first few pages.
- Mathematics: Its Content, Nethods and Meaning: for example, the graphs on page 107.
- I think the famous Feynman Lectures on Physics books have graphs like this but I'm having trouble finding examples online.

What's my font?

Muirwylde — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:35:05 -0800

[Fontfilter] Short and sweet question for you, fontaholics...what font is used in The Logo Factory logo found here? There are two examples of the logo on the page; one top right in the title bar and one lower down, reversed out in white over purple above a podcast button. Some variation of a 'worn typewriter font' and I know I've seen it, but can't relocate it...thank you for your help!

Being both squinty and angry is getting too much for me

Dr Dracator — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:15:38 -0800

How do I increase the font size for Java applications using Mtoolkit AWT in Linux? I'm trying to run iReport [ which is constantly crashing, but that's another story ], but the default font size looks tiny on my monitor. My google skills are failing me, and my overall Java experience is miserable.

I don't care to mess up my otherwise properly configured settings, just the Java ~~crap~~ applications.

I am horribly failing to use this program under xmonad on slackware (yes, I know), which means the winning answer probably involves pawing around some config file or other, not your favorite graphical configuration tool.

Identify a simple font

phaedon — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:22:53 -0800

Can someone help me identify this font? Sorry, I am whatthefont retarded.

Taking my documents from sleepy to snazzy

doctor.dan — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:11:41 -0800

I'm looking for a way to snazz up my documents (and in particular my thesis) so it looks a lot less like the canned default Word/Pages themes. Any suggestions on some nice looking (free to cheap) fonts and document layouts I can use anywhere from short report and research proposals to my full-blown thesis? Being lazy and not too artistic, I've always stuck with the default themes in Word (or more recently Pages also). I've been getting bored by them as of late and am looking to give my documents a unique and clean look. I'm not very good at design so be gentle. Any suggestions, or your personal design stories, would be awesome.

Any specific font suggestions would be great as well, Paladino Linotype and Corbel just ain't doing it for me anymore.

Font Finder

tomcochrane — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:23:23 -0800

[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!

I'm trying to win an internet pissing contest with my dad.

Jon_Evil — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:32:06 -0800

What is the font on this "Durham Fair" logo?

Does anyone know the typeface/font used in the Ruby and Ruby on Rails logos?

MediaJunkie — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:35:26 -0800

Does anyone know the typeface/font used in the Ruby and Ruby on Rails logos?

Please help me find a font

luckyveronica — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:16:33 -0800

does anyone know where i can find a font like the one used for the "mister rogers' neighborhood" type? does anyone know where i can find a font like the one used for the "mister rogers' neighborhood"? like the kind found here or here. Even though there are other similar fonts, I can't seem to find anything with the "swooshes" on some of the letters.

Monospaced font w/math operators for symbolic logic

Eiwalker — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:05:57 -0800

I need a monospaced font that has the following symbols: dot, wedge, horseshoe, triple bar. A monospaced font is one where every character requires the same width. E.g., "iii" would take up the same width as "HHH".

I'm TA-ing for a Symbolic Logic class.

Thanks!

Fonts

inquisitive — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:28:48 -0800

I want to convert an image into a font. The application where I want to use this font supports a maximum size of 24 points. But in 24 points, the image is coming very small. Is there a way I can increase the imaze size or the font area at point 24 ? In most Font applications like SigMaker or FontCreator, you can change the font's width by moving the guidelines, but unable to change the font height.

How is the height of the font at a particular point size determined ? Is there a maximum height for a given point size ? Is it defined as a property of the font, or at Operating System level ?

What is the best way to identify a font?

samengland — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:06:59 -0800

What is the best way to identify a font? What is the best way to identify a font (from an image, or screenshot)

This is the font in question

What font is this?

evanbsmith — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 07:36:36 -0800

What is the font of "Democracy International" in the logo on this site: http://democracyinternational.com/afghanistan/?

Font I.D., please.

Tufa — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:12:57 -0800

Could someone identify the font used in the headings on this webpage? I am looking for the font used in Who We Are | What We Do | Special Services. I am much obliged.

Can you ID this font?

leafwoman — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:36:08 -0800

I need help IDing this script font Can you identify the font used for the word "seating" in this graphic?