I need a similar font to this

And, as intellectual property, there may be a prohibition in sharing the font. (Most legitimate type foundries restrict how their fonts may be legally installed.)

Neil

>It's weird because they sent us some font files but they don't work, so that leads me to believe that it was an actual font.

But quite possibly, as you say, a custom job, which may mean it was never commercially available. Somebody could have just knocked it together in Fontographer or the like.

> Doesn't the name of those files give any clue

And even if it doesn't (early font file names with 8 characters are maddeningly obtuse) try opening the file with a text editor. Most of it will be visual garbage, but often you will see a font name in the first page or so of the file.

>they sent us some font files

Doesn't the name of those files give any clue?

thanks Neil and Thomas. Yeah i tried the "prose antique" and, as you say, didn't work. I'm pretty sure this was a custom thing. It's weird because they sent us some font files but they don't work, so that leads me to believe that it was an actual font.

"Prose Antique" is a knockoff of Post Antiqua, btw.

More importantly, it really doesn't look at all like the words "Green Paint" in that logo.

T

Justin,
>I'm not to versed in typography so it sounds like a made a blunder.

What blunder?

Be aware that there are literally tens of thousands of different fonts in electronic form; some are better than others; some are more popular/common than others; some may be private constructions or fonts prepared specifically for bundling with specific software applications and may not be available "out there".

To my eye, your example is a casual or informal semi-serif (as serifs do not appear in all the expected places). Thomas or one of the others may be able to comment further.

Neil

Thanks all. By "kind" I meant style. I know it's a serif font, but I thought maybe there would be a category like artistic that it might fit.

I'm not to versed in typography so it sounds like a made a blunder. :) Anyway, I appreciate the help so far.

If you're really just looking for a "kinda-like-it", Prose Antique has a similar "feel" to this font, although the "g" is very different. I have no idea what the posted font "really" is. Sorry.

...or color? <g><br /><br />By the way, the use of the font in the posted example is awful. Terrible letterspacing, and the outline effect doesn't add to it.<br /><br />Neil