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Yet the tail in Baskerville Old face doesn't extend outside the left side of the body of the oval, which the sample clearly does. And yet, the sample appears to be vertical, while Goudy (as a classic typeface) is oblique slanted. 'Tis a mystery.

@Ralf Herrmann Yes, I should use a font manager. In fact, I have FOUR of them: FontBase, Nexus Font, and High-Logic Main Font (all free), plus the font manager that was bundled with the font collection I bought from SoftMaker. The problem is, NONE of them come with a user manual, so after installing them on my computer I have zero idea how to use them. I have made repeated requests on the SoftMaker support forum for a font manager user manual, and the answer is always, "It's easy! (I've been using it for twenty years, so I know.)"

I really think that's it. This is great. Thanks.

It's kind of hard to determine exactly from the image, but the closest I can find is Eurostile.

I'm a big Quantum Leap fan and have been reading the books released in the 90s. I really like the font used for the chapter headings and noticed that some of the advertising for the revival show uses the same font or a very similar one. I've looked but can't identify the font. I hope someone here can help. The book I took this picture from was released in 1995.

Best option would be to install a font manager app to handle activations/deactivations independent from what is done manually in the font folders.

They will continue to reinstall every time you update the software with which they are bundled, unfortunately. Typeface files are relatively small (KB, not MB), so they aren't choking your hard drive. If you find their presence annoying, which is the bigger burden—having to scroll past them in a fonts menu or deleting them every time they get reinstalled?

Sorts Mill Goudy vs. the sample: In 1984 this would have been a phototypesetting font, and while I've yet to find a digital version of Baskerville that is a close match, the Q, a, and g point in that general direction. You have to take into account the low quality of the sample and the effect of ink spread on the paper, but the tail on Goudy's Q (plus it's poor match on other letters) rule it out.

Actually, the upper case 'Q' is much more like Goudy Old Style than it is to Baskerville. https://www.1001fonts.com/ofl-sorts-mill-goudy-font.html

My computers currently run Windows 10. For testing and comparison, I have installed on my primary desktop computer Microsoft Office 2019, SoftMaker Office 2024, and LibreOffice 7.x.x. Some time ago I noticed that this computer had somehow, somewhere, installed a huge number of fonts, all beginning with "Noto." A bit of research on the Internet has told me that these fonts originated with Google and that they are intended to provide similar-appearing fonts in every language. That's wonderful, but I don't write in every language. I write almost exclusively in American English, and a bit of Spanish and French. When I discovered the Noto fonts, I laboriously went through and uninstalled all of them. They came back! I suspect they were installed when LibreOffice updated itself. Does that seem like a reasonable supposition? More importantly, is there any reason why I shouldn't delete them -- again? More importantly, if I delete them, how can I prevent them from returning? Thank you.

I am looking to identify the font used in this decal, specifically the 400EX portion of it (I already have the Honda font). Thanks in advance for your assistance. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/334804487905?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=706-89093-2056-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=334804487905&targetid=1656417413430&device=m&mktype=pla&googleloc=9047918&poi=&campaignid=17297476241&mkgroupid=135489415143&rlsatarget=pla-1656417413430&abcId=9300870&merchantid=591716756&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD00iICRYn9d1gkoUMbBl2UtGsTKj

That would be my second guess, agreed.

With that Q, g, and a, I would have guessed some flavor of Baskerville, but without a larger and sharper sample, hard to be sure.

I'm thinking some sort of Goudy Old Style. A free alternative for that would be Sorts Mill Goudy by Barry Schwartz. Not an exact match, but fairly close.

As stated in the title, the book is Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning. It's the Touchstone (Simon & Schuster) 3rd edition with a copyright year of 1984. Here is a random paragraph from the book: I would like to know the exact font name, and also any free alternatives if possible.

Yes, that’s it. I just did a qualified guess based on what I saw in my Norwegian version of Safari.

Also, I'd consider purchasing a non-commercial, personal use license to FDI Qualia Serif if it were made available.

Thank you, Ralf, for the information. And thanks, too, Bjørn, for suggesting the WhatFont extension, which I like very much. BTW, on my version of Safari (17.4.1), the sequence you mentioned seems to be Safari > Settings > Advanced > Show features for web developers. Or at least I assume that's the same thing you're talking about. Now if I just had a spare £40 so I could buy a license to Robert Green's Doves Type.

Amazing. thank you all so much!! 'Clifton' is a beautful font! Nice one @Kevin Thompson🙂

Ah, Clifton (a revival of Athenian Extended from 1889) appears to be used for Mushroom Chocolates.

Seconding MissNobody’s ID of of a modified Caslon Graphique. Mushroom Chocolates is very similar to JMH Cajita, but not quite a match.

It kind of reminded me a little of a carglass firm we have here in Scandinavia. Also custom.

On the site it says it's a custom typeface, the most similar I can find is Caslon Graphique.

Hello! Can anyone help identify the font used for 'alice' and also the smaller font for 'mushroom chocolates'? Link here - https://cristiestevens.com/alice-case-study Thanks!

I am basically sympathetic to the concept, but boy do they need some high impact headliners on their poster. One true flagship per category (Questa, Graphik, Bree Serif, Drone and Nitti) is not enough. We need to see true heavy hitters like real Garamonds, Frutigers, Futuras, Bodonis, Baskervilles, Caslons, Goudys, , Universes, Gills, Helveticas, DINs and so forth. As it is, this looks very much like a collection of replacement fonts. Imagine having House Industries on board and not getting Neutraface or Eames. That just makes no sense.