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Started by Selvam
Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:14
What is the name of this Font?
Author: Selvam
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:14
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:14
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Hello Couple of days before i have bought new wp theme. Now i wish to add logo based on existing logo in the header. Some one Clarify me the name font which used in my blog header. My blog name was <http://www.cutebabynames.co.in>
Re: What is the name of this Font?
Author: Herb
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:30
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:30
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Berkeley ITC Berkeley CalifornianFB
Re: What is the name of this Font?
Author: Lisa_Schwaberow
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:38
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:38
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Here is one of the best resources I have ever found. <http://new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/> You upload a screen shot of which font you want to find the name of and it will help you identify it.
Re: What is the name of this Font?
Author: PaulShecterR.G.D.
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:14
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:14
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Selvam, It looks like the typeface in the wordmark is a version of KABEL. It could be the ITC version or another. The original was designed by Rudolf Koch. The face I see on the page is a geometric humanist sans. The sloped eye on the lowercase E and the pregnant bowl on the lower case A are giveaways. What I think is the clincher on this is the lack of foot on the lc B. Look for KABEL on one of the font sales sites. One thing to look for is how tall the x-height is which is a sign that the face is an ITC version. Hope this helps.
Re: What is the name of this Font?
Author: Neil_Keller
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:57
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:57
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Selvan, ITC Kabel should do the trick. It's available from the Adobe store and others. Neil
Re: What is the name of this Font?
Author: Dave_Saunders
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:29
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:29
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So, is KABEL pronouced "cable" or "cabell" or "kay-bell"? Or what? Dave
Re: What is the name of this Font?
Author: Herb
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:05
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:05
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I've always pronounced it "cobble" - but a Czech site with an audio pronunciation pronounces a Czech word spelled the same way as Cah'bell - same emphases as 'cowbell', (not with a schwa) - Herb
Re: What is the name of this Font?
Author: Neil_Keller
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:48
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:48
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Dave, Kuh-BEL is the way I learned it from hot metal typographers back in the 19[censored]. Neil <g>
Re: What is the name of this Font?
Author: Neil_Keller
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:49
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:49
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Thomas, If you're in the neighborhood, how do you pronounce "Kabel"? Neil
Re: What is the name of this Font?
Author: Thomas_Phinney
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:30
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:30
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KAH-bl And that logo looks like the ITC version, with its exaggerated x-height. Cheers, T
Re: What is the name of this Font?
Author: Neil_Keller
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:10
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:10
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Gotta go back now and talk to that type shop! <lol> Neil
Re: What is the name of this Font?
Author: Ram�n_G_Casta�eda
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:17
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:17
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While I don't presume to know the English or American pronunciation of the name of this typeface in the 1920s and 1930s, Rudolf Koch, the resoundingly German designer of Kabel, passed on the German pronunciation of the existing word (Kabel is German for cable, as in cable car or a telegram) as applied to his creation to successive generations of German typographers. The word is KAH-bel (where the e is the same as in bell) (rhymes with gavel). It can also be legitimately referred verbally as cable, the English translation of Kabel. Just my two cents.
Re: What is the name of this Font?
Author: Wolfgang_Manowski
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:48
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:48
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As a journeyman typesetter who learned the trade in Freiburg, Germany, I remember being told that Koch named Kabel after a trans-atlantic cable (maybe the first?) that was installed around the time that he created the font. Does this make sense?. Regards, Wolf.
Re: What is the name of this Font?
Author: Ram�n_G_Casta�eda
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:44
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:44
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It certainly does. Thanks for that information, Wolfgang.
As a journeyman typesetter who learned the trade in Freiburg
Which Freiburg? Freiburg im Breisgau?
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