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_Selvam_
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January 30, 2009
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What is the name of this Font?

  • January 30, 2009
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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
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    Ramón G Castañeda
    Ramón G Castañeda
    Inspiring
    March 30, 2009
    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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    _Wolfgang_Manowski_
    Participant
    March 29, 2009
    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.
    Ramón G Castañeda
    Ramón G Castañeda
    Inspiring
    March 21, 2009
    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).

    It can also be legitimately referred verbally as cable , the English translation of Kabel.

    Just my two cents.
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    Neil_Keller
    Known Participant
    March 20, 2009
    Gotta go back now and talk to that type shop! <lol><br /><br />Neil
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    Thomas Phinney
    Inspiring
    March 20, 2009
    KAH-bul (that second vowel is a schwa sound).

    The logo looks like the ITC version of Kabel, with its exaggerated x-height.

    Cheers,

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    Neil_Keller
    Known Participant
    March 19, 2009
    Thomas,

    If you're in the neighborhood, how do you pronounce "Kabel"?

    Neil
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    Neil_Keller
    Known Participant
    March 19, 2009
    Dave,<br /><br />Kuh-BEL is the way I learned it from hot metal typographers back in the 19<i>[censored].</i><br /><br />Neil <g>
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    _Dave_Saunders_
    Inspiring
    March 19, 2009
    So, is KABEL pronouced "cable" or "cabell" or "kay-bell"? Or what?

    Dave
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    _Herb_V_B_
    Participating Frequently
    March 19, 2009
    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
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    Neil_Keller
    Known Participant
    March 19, 2009
    Selvan,

    ITC Kabel should do the trick. It's available from the Adobe store and others.

    Neil
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    _Paul_Shecter_R_G_D__
    Participant
    March 18, 2009
    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.
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