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Article #1512How can I determine the Font of someone's Logo
From: glen_gilbert
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 22:28
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 22:28
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Greetings! First off: I am a brand new user of Illustrator (CS2 Premium) ... =8-) Secondly: I submitted this very same question in the "Illustrator" forum and was nicely asked to try asking in the "Typography" forum. So ... here I am, and here's my concern: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I've been given a job to create (redo) a website for a business. I've been given the logo which was created for the business. I have that original logo as an illustrator file. It opens nicely. Now I want to determine the font that was used for this logo using Illustrator. It's not clear to me how to find out what font it was created in. I highlight the letters, and the slogan. However, there's not an intuitive way to discover the font from this highlighting. Is this possible at all possible (to determine the font)? Is it easy to do? .. I'd appreciate your help/advice on this. And, no, I don't believe the business has further contact with the original creator of the logo. "Thank You" in advance... Glen P.S., I've perused the Typography forum a bit before posting. I noticed that other people ask this type of question (wanting to identify a font type). I'm curious. I've deduced that it's a "takes one to know one" kinda thing. Someone who's involved with fonts often/a lot will know fonts. And, thus it seems to me there are two ways: hunt-and-hunting-some-more for fonts (let alone just trying to find fonts on line), or asking someone (like in this forum). Am I close? =8-)
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