Official - Font Knowledge Sharing Thread

[lonestranger]

pinned due to epicness

Thanks, man. My goal is for this thread to be a one-stop shop for everyone who knows, or needs to know, what fonts are what.

[James]

Very useful thread. Good idea

[SharpCommand]

Thank you! this is very useful.

[gk6RCMP]

as usual, the *** of textures surprises me with something awesome!

awesome idea, this will help sooo much!

[Firefighter767]

I can't tell from that small photo. If you have something bigger and/or closer up, I can try.

I finally got some better pics the other day. Hopefully this will help:

[lonestranger]

I finally got some better pics the other day. Hopefully this will help:



http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/...7/IMAG0179.jpg



http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/...7/IMAG0176.jpg

Well, you've got two different fonts, there. Compare the "R" in each photo, as well as the "C" and "S".



The top pic look similar to something like ITC Machine, if you stretched it out horizontally. I found a free font that's simliar on Dafont, there's probably more like it there: http://www.dafont.com/college.font



The bottom pic is a mystery to me.

So, I've been watching a show called The Wire lately, and it takes place in Baltimore, MD.



I like the look of the cop cars, and so I wanted to make the skin for it. The design is no problem, but I can't find the font (or the badge in good quality for that matter).



Now I've tried Identifont, and WhatTheFont, and neither works.



So this is my last resort, asking if anybody just knows what it is. Any help would be appreciated.







Thanks!

Peignot Light Bold Italic: http://www.ufonts.com/fonts/peignot-...ld-italic.html.

hey bro, do you know what this font is?

The NYC used on NYC Taxis isn't a font, it's strictly a logo: http://www.underconsideration.com/br...olff_olins.php



















Being a logo, it doesn't have a full set of characters that you can install and type. An example of another logo that isn't made from a font would be the Ford blue oval. There's no such font that has a full set of characters in the same script used in "Ford":





However, the rest of the lettering used on current NYC taxis is a font. From http://www.smartdesignworldwide.com/...ect.php?id=168:

"A graphic design system of icons, logos, a proprietary “taxi� font, and placements of key information were developed with real users in mind."

It was created specially for NYC Taxis, so it isn't widely available. It likely isn't, and will never be, available to the average user. But if you're resourceful, you could copy & paste the letters you needed from this image (note the "NYC" used here is from the font, not the logo above):

[1nickbrick]

All right, font guru's.



Try these two fonts (the one on the side of the car and the one on the trunk)



EDIT: Nevermind, I figured it out... it's Gothic 720, for reference.

[ysjpn]

Does anyone know font for "AIRPORT" and "Los Angeles World Airports" text?

[Dhruv]

Extremely helpful thread.Does anyone know about this:

[SharpCommand]

Old thread, I know but does anyone know what font Police is?