I need a similar font to this

[_Justin_Euteneier_]

http://www.greenpaint.net/
(It's the words "green paint")

It doesn't have to be exact. Anyone have ideas about what is similar?

many thanks!

[Neil_Keller]

Justin,

Have you tried submitting a sample to myfonts.com? See: http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

Neil

[_Herb_V_B_]

Neither WhatTheFont nor Identifont, two semi-automatic font
identification sites, were able to come up with anything useful.

If noöne here can answer, you might try the type identification forums
at WhatTheFont or Typophile.

- Herb

[_Justin_Euteneier_]

Thanks you guys! I tried all those things except Typophile. I think that my submission is now far down the list at whatsmyfont.

I'll submit to typophile now.

Any idea of "kind" of type this is?

thanks,
Justin

[D__McCahill]

What do you mean by kind? Manufacturer, typeface classification or category, something else.

[Neil_Keller]

...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

[Guest]

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.

[_Justin_Euteneier_]

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.

[Neil_Keller]

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

[Thomas Phinney]

"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_Euteneier_]

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.

[Ramón_G_Castañeda]

>they sent us some font files

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

[D__McCahill]

> 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.

[_Dominic_Hurley_]

>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.

[Neil_Keller]

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