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Michael_Müller-Hillebrand-basb
Inspiring
Jan 21, 2009 11:07 PM UTC
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Want to recreate old poster - what is this font?

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
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    Michael_Müller-Hillebrand-basbAuthor
    Inspiring
    Jan 21, 2009 11:40 PM UTC
    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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    Neil_Keller
    Known Participant
    Jan 21, 2009 11:26 PM UTC
    You've given us very little to go on.

    But, take a look at Kabel LTStd Black.

    That, and ITC Kabel Ultra are relatively close, but not perfect matches.

    Neil
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    Neil_Keller
    Known Participant
    Jan 21, 2009 11:24 PM UTC
    You've given us very little to go on.

    But, ITC Kabel Ultra is relatively close.

    Neil
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