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Offline Frog

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here's a couple
« on: December 13, 2016, 10:12:39 PM »
The big white letters I can trace, but what are the other two?
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Re: here's a couple
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2016, 03:23:20 AM »
"RKH Constructors" is Bid Roman Extended (Bold)

The rest is Helvetica
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Re: here's a couple
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2016, 09:47:58 AM »
Thanks Nick, but I don't think that either is the exact same as the ones in the pic.
I have the new fonts in green.
The Bid Roman is rounder and does not have the same contrast between its thick and thin parts as the example, and, though no one else may notice, I see a difference in the Helvetica such as having rounder tops on the "a's", "o's", etc. than the example

With luck, if the job comes though, either the custy won't mind them being close but not exact, or will come up with some better artwork.
I can never believe that the original file for something like this was created as raster rather than vector.
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Re: here's a couple
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2016, 10:20:35 AM »
RKH   looks like  melior lt std bold

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Re: here's a couple
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2016, 10:55:37 AM »
Yeah, and it has those sharper corners as well.
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Re: here's a couple
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2016, 09:58:52 PM »
RKH (top) Becker Latino Bold
RKH (bottom) Zapf Ellipt BT Bold

Both horizontally stretched about 150% to get that distorted "contrast"

Quality relationships:
Helvetica Neue Italic or Helvetica Oblique
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Re: here's a couple
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2016, 08:40:29 PM »
Ah, more great candidates, thanks.
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