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“The unexpected and expressive tone of the Selectric typeface, ‘Italic 12’ has been a major influence in Plex Mono Italic.” -
Fender guitars 1952-1967 model name font
TypeToby replied to TypeToby's topic in Font Identification
Wow, guys, you are amazing! Thank you so much for your knowledge, it’s really awesome! I would say, mystery solved !?! -
Fender guitars 1952-1967 model name font
George Thomas replied to TypeToby's topic in Font Identification
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Fender guitars 1952-1967 model name font
George Thomas replied to TypeToby's topic in Font Identification
Riccardo is right on with his suggestion. Using a /U for the /J, Futura Book looks like a perfect match to me, taking into consideration the original is likely metal type so there will be some slight variation from my Adobe Futura, which was probably done from art supplied by Linotype. -
“This may be the first blackletter family yet to qualify as a ‘system’ — five weights times five widths equals twenty-five fonts.” – John Butler, Typographica Favorite Typefaces of 2008 -
Fender guitars 1952-1967 model name font
Riccardo Sartori replied to TypeToby's topic in Font Identification
I have this image in my mind of whoever was doing the composition thinking “Futura’s |J| looks pretty weak, especially at the beginning of a word... What if I just mask/erase/cut off part of the |U|...” -
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Fender guitars 1952-1967 model name font
George Thomas replied to TypeToby's topic in Font Identification
Since the guitar company was a major one their logos could have been done by an agency in NY, the home of PhotoLettering, Inc. PLI had hundreds of variants of many fonts done by lettering artists of the day. That could be the source of the type, most of which have not been digitized. House Industries owns the collection today. As to Swiss type, there were a number of distributors back then who imported type from around the world so it wasn't unusual for a typographer to offer imported fonts. -
Fender guitars 1952-1967 model name font
Ralf Herrmann replied to TypeToby's topic in Font Identification
None of these newer examples show typesetting in my opinion. They are just reproductions of the original. And the original also doesn’t have to by typesetting. You wouldn’t create a letterpress forme from moveable metal type and press it onto guitars. That’s not how things were done back then. But anyway—any skilled graphic designer can recreate the whole design easily using Futura and Brush Script as a starting point. download at MyFonts download at MyFonts -
Fender guitars 1952-1967 model name font
TypeToby replied to TypeToby's topic in Font Identification
Here is another look at a good repro. So either the one who did this modifies a Futura, or the font really exists somewhere. -
Fender guitars 1952-1967 model name font
TypeToby replied to TypeToby's topic in Font Identification
Yes, would kinda make sense. Besides the "J", as I mentioned, when I try to write on top of it whith Futura, at least some letters like the "N" and "H", but possibly all letters, are a little wider. -
Fender guitars 1952-1967 model name font
TypeToby replied to TypeToby's topic in Font Identification
I did some more reseach and it seems like most repro logos use different fonts – either Futura with the wrong "J" or a mix of Futura and what seems to be Helvetica. I could imagine the original is some older Futura variant that isn't that easily available today? After all, it's a US guitar, o they probably didn't just buy the Swiss metal type. -
Fender guitars 1952-1967 model name font
George Thomas replied to TypeToby's topic in Font Identification
None of the Futura or Futura lookalikes I examined have a cap /J like the one shown. It may be that the original actually was Futura but for logo purposes they modified the /J. That is one solution you might look at. -
Fender guitars 1952-1967 model name font
TypeToby replied to TypeToby's topic in Font Identification
Thanks a lot for the answer! Here is an example ... -
Fender guitars 1952-1967 model name font
Ralf Herrmann replied to TypeToby's topic in Font Identification
Where? Can we see the link/images? -
Typeface for the subway in Moscow
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Typeface for the Tyne and Wear Metro.
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Font used for the subway in Lisboa
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Brusseline is a custom typeface developed in 2006 by Eric de Berranger for the signage of the Brussels public transport network (STIB-MIVB) managing metro, pre-metro and trams.
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Typeface of the subway in Prague
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A signage font developed for the Munich subway
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Based on Frutiger and used as a signage typeface for public transport in Berlin.
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Used in the Amsterdam metro
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Fender guitars 1952-1967 model name font
TypeToby replied to TypeToby's topic in Font Identification
Oh, and there are some repro logos available that seem to use the original typeface, so it seems like there exists a digital version. Thanks again! -
Tern (“Trans European Road Network”) was developed as part of the EU project In-Safety/SOMS by the International Institute for Information Design (IIID). It is used for newer Austrian and Slovakian road signs.
