What Is This Font?

November 22, 2004 1:06 PM

FontFilter: Can anyone identify the Comedy Central Premium Blend script font?
posted by Dreama to Media & Arts (9 answers total)

Looks a bit like this one (link to zipped TTF).
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 1:41 PM on November 22, 2004

Close, but the 'r' is different.

Moreover, the r is different between "Premium" and "More" leading me to believe they custom made the "r" for the title because the "r" in that font looks ugly.

So, yeah, you're right, C_D. :)
posted by shepd at 2:02 PM on November 22, 2004

C_D has already nailed it, but for future curiosity/questions IndentiFont is a great tool.
posted by papercake at 2:29 PM on November 22, 2004

as is What The Font. Hello World.
posted by blag at 2:44 PM on November 22, 2004

Best answer: Close, but no cigar. My FontShop coworker Stephen Coles of typographica fame tells me with no hesitation it's Eclat.

"Creampuff is a knockoff...MyFonts' What the Font cannot answer all queries because they only display the fonts they carry."
-S.Coles
posted by quasistoic at 4:19 PM on November 22, 2004

A similar question was asked on the typophile forums in July. The discussion includes some commentary by the designer.
posted by quasistoic at 4:33 PM on November 22, 2004

Quasistoic - Most of the fonts on MyFonts are done by enthusiasts in their spare time. You're not going to get great kerning, but as long as you're not working with fancy paths, you probably won't notice it. Also, they're free. But thanks for giving credit to the original author.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 5:11 PM on November 22, 2004

Most of the commercial fonts available on the internet are done by enthusiasts in their spare time. The rights to license those fonts are then usually sold to one of the major foundries (Agfa-Monotype, Linotype, Bitstream, etc), who then make a real profit on licensing those fonts.

MyFonts is owned and run by Bitstream. While MyFonts does offer many fonts from obscure foundries, it is otherwise just a font reseller (granted: with a pretty damn good website). Just about all font resellers offer some fonts for free.
posted by quasistoic at 7:07 PM on November 22, 2004

Response by poster: On behalf of the friend on whose behalf I asked (parse that!) thank you all!
posted by Dreama at 7:19 PM on November 22, 2004