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Article #1513Re: How can I determine the Font of someone's Logo
From: Herb
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:34
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:34
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First, I assume that the Illustrator eps or ai file has had its lettering converted to vector outlines; otherwise just selecting the text for editing would reveal the font name. Many logos are either created with unique lettering or use an existing font, graphically enhanced, distorted, or otherwise modified. There are a couple of tools that are sometimes useful - http://www.whatthefont.com and http://www.identifont.com WhatTheFont takes an image (limited to 200K pixels and disconnected letters in a straight line) and analyzes it. If the font (or equivalent) is sold by MyFonts, it can often identify it correctly. Otherwise, its result can be unpredictable. Identifont asks a series of questions, which you can limit to the characters you actually have. Again, sometimes it hits the nail on the head and sometimes not. There are also forums, including this one, where there are knowledgeable people who can help you identify a font if you provide a link to an image. Others include typophile.com and usenet newsgroups comp.fonts and alt.binaries.fonts (in the binaries group you can post an image directly). - Herb
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