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Article #1179Re: need help locating a font
From: Herb
Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 00:37
Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 00:37
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Well, assuming that you mean the restaurant/hamburger company, it started in business a few years before there were computers or digitized fonts, in 1921, when the origianl logo was designed. So it certainly didn't use "a font" to do its signage, but was probably created manually. Generically, it's a very plain Blackletter font, with very few embellishments. Looking at images of the White Castle logo and advertisements, it appears in a number of slightly different typestyles, with varying amounts of embellishments (additional lines, diamonds, and ornamental additions). To see the examples, Google/Images for: "White Castle" Logo I couldn't find a single blackletter font that comes close to all of the letters, but there might be one out there. Try googling for Blackletter fonts to see if there's one that's close enough for whatever it is you want to use it for. - Herb
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