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4 total messages Started by Michael_Mueller-Hillebrand Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:07

Want to recreate old poster - what is this font?

#115

Author: Michael_Mueller-Hillebrand
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:07

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In the 1980s I was involved in creating a poster in screen-printing technique (two colors!) and I seem to remember we prepared the type using rub-on letters that were then enlarged. I already found the main type to be best resembled by Compacta (and not Helvetica UltraCompressed), but we had a "LIVE" sticker on the poster with slanted letter ends at the L and E, see here:

 <http://www.the-magictones.de/LIE.gif>

I already tried Identifont and uploaded the file to WhatTheFont, to no avail.

Any hints or ideas?

Thanks a lot,

- Michael

Re: Want to recreate old poster - what is this font?

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Author: Neil_Keller
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:26

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You've given us very little to go on.

But, take a look at LTStd Black

And ITC Kabel Ultra is relatively close.

Neil

Re: Want to recreate old poster - what is this font?

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Author: tomhodgins
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:26

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On Jan 21, 6:07 pm, Michael_Mueller-Hillebr...@adobeforums.com wrote:
> In the 1980s I was involved in creating a poster in screen-printing technique (two colors!) and I seem to remember we prepared the type using rub-on letters that were then enlarged. I already found the main type to be best resembled by Compacta (and not Helvetica UltraCompressed), but we had a "LIVE" sticker on the poster with slanted letter ends at the L and E, see here:
>
>  <http://www.the-magictones.de/LIE.gif>
>
> I already tried Identifont and uploaded the file to WhatTheFont, to no avail.
>
> Any hints or ideas?
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> - Michael

Looks like Kabel to me

Re: Want to recreate old poster - what is this font?

#118

Author: Michael_Mueller-Hillebrand
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:40

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Neil,

Thanks a lot. Those drawings were made by me and are not very exact. I also have the capital V and since the top lines are strictly horizontal it is Kabel LT Black and not ITC Kabel Ultra.

Thanks a lot, now I can continue digging in my personal past...

- Michael

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