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I'm trying to identify a typeface that was in a logo someone sent to me as an eps without converting to outlines. I'm pretty sure it's not a standard Apple font and is probably a PC standard.
A sample of it is here - note that there aren't any serifs on the stem of the capital M, the serifs are all slightly curved, and the lowercase A is rather distinct.
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Actually, I used a similar (the same?) piece of software on identifont.com, which lets you search within limited letters, and the closest I came up with was Weiss. It's almost there, but not quite - I don't think the verticals on the M are slanted enough.
Of course, I'm not going to shell out 20 bucks for a copy of Weiss, so it may be a moot point.
And PC, those are good ideas, but I really don't think these guys manipulated the typeface at all in the creation of their logo. It's pretty unprofessional looking.
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I also pulled up Weiss. The M's don't have sloping sides and the W has a crossed center line. Otherwise, though, it's spot on. Perhaps they mismatched fonts? Where did you get that image from? Maybe I can tell what software made it if I can see the whole image. Sometimes I get lucky. Posts: 4753 | Registered: May 2002
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It's from a low-res copy of their entire logo. I'm doing a whole suite of design projects for them - some pretty big print objects like posters - and at first they sent me a 100x200 pixel jepg of their logo to work with. I asked for either a high-res image or (preferably) a vector-based version, so they emailed an eps, but didn't include the font. Now they're out of the office.
I think I'm just going to hand draw the text in Illustrator.
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You can use the trace tool in Illustrator. Then just manipulate the vectors to look exactly the same. I've done it tons of times.
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I hate the trace tool. Well, I like it sometimes, but for most of my purposes it's too ragged. I prefer tracing by hand with the pen tool - it lets me be more minimal and exact.
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I use the trace tool to do a lot of the grunt work. I hate staring down the barrel of all that tracing. I then go through it and delete anchor points and smooth out lines.
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