that distinctive tilted "e"

July 24, 2009 5:10 PM

Font-filter: Help me identify these two fonts

i'm looking for both the title font & text font in this image (the 'h' is smudged in the title "The") - here's another image of the text font

already tried identifont - many close approximations but no cigar

thanks!

posted by jammy to Writing & Language (8 answers total)

Response by poster: hmm... if you get a 'forbidden' notice, just highlight the URL & hit enter - the image should then load (i say, crossing my fingers)
posted by jammy at 5:12 PM on July 24, 2009

You mentioned Identifont, but have you tried What The Font?

If that doesn't work out, the standard next response is "ask in their forums."
posted by spiderskull at 5:15 PM on July 24, 2009

go to the what the font forum.
posted by violetk at 5:19 PM on July 24, 2009

Best answer: It appears to be a light version of SF New Republic.

That might be a non-canonical name for it.
posted by lore at 5:39 PM on July 24, 2009 [1 favorite]

fail ttf
posted by geekyguy at 7:22 PM on July 24, 2009

lore has it.
posted by ocherdraco at 9:00 PM on July 24, 2009

It's reminiscent of Avant Garde, Ronda and Bauhaus but it's a different font. There's also variants of letters like a and e between the title and text, which was common for phototypesetting but less common for digital fonts (until Opentype, that is). I don't think there's a contemporary version of this exact font, but you should run it by the nerds at Typophile, because if anyone knows, it'll be them.

If you want a close-but-not-quite recommendation I'd go with Ealing.
posted by O9scar at 9:22 PM on July 24, 2009

Response by poster: thanks everyone - lore got it! (excellent username, btw)
posted by jammy at 5:30 AM on July 25, 2009