Full Version: NISSAN Font?
From: Specialist (ESPECIALISTS) [#1]
8 Feb 2007
To: ALL
Hi All,
Anyone know what the font name is for the NISSAN logo?
See attachment.
Thank you
From: JHayes55 [#2]
8 Feb 2007
To: Specialist (ESPECIALISTS) [#1] 8 Feb 2007
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#3]
8 Feb 2007
To: JHayes55 [#2] 8 Feb 2007
Joe,
I think Chuck's looking for the name of the font used in the logo, which, to me looks like a variation of Microgramma.
EDITED: 8 Feb 2007 by DGL
From: Specialist (ESPECIALISTS) [#4]
8 Feb 2007
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#3] 8 Feb 2007
Microgramma is close, but still not there. Universe--no way.
Thanks
From: Mike (MIKEN) [#5]
8 Feb 2007
To: Specialist (ESPECIALISTS) [#3] 8 Feb 2007
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#6]
8 Feb 2007
To: Specialist (ESPECIALISTS) [#4] 8 Feb 2007
I suggested Universe, based on memory, which is clearly failing. :-$
From: Specialist (ESPECIALISTS) [#7]
8 Feb 2007
To: Mike (MIKEN) [#5] 8 Feb 2007
Looks like Handel Gothic is close enough.
Thank you very much
From: JHayes55 [#8]
8 Feb 2007
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#3] 8 Feb 2007
From: john (LILB93) [#9]
8 Feb 2007
To: JHayes55 [#8] 9 Feb 2007
Here is a copy of a post on one of the sign forums I go to.
Font recognition software....
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I've been searching for font recognition software for quite some time now and found a few that I thought I would share.
The first is Imagaro Z: http://www.imagaro.com/Overview/Overview.htm
It's a pretty cool program that vectorizes the artwork and if there is text,
the program will try to find it even if the font is stretched. Pretty cool.
They also have a sign program http://www.conclipse.com/ It's not the best but it looks like it will do the job.
This one has been mentioned a few times here already but I like the way it works.
FontExpert 3.0 http://www.fontexpert.com/english.htm
Another one that matches bitmap text to the closest font in your system is FontMatch http://www.stretchedout.com/products.../fontmatch.php
It works alright but if you don't have the right font installed then it goes to the next best one rather then giving some closer suggestions like the other programs.
Also some of the new programs by Corel, Adobe, and Lotus have been using the PANOSE http://www.w3.org/Printing/stevahn.html matching system.
Which matches fonts based on a
stored number in the font itself. So it will only match fonts from a font itself and not from a scanned image.
This is what I've got so far. If anyone has others, I would love to hear about them.
Or if someone knows of a font sorting program, that sorts by the style of the font based on its shape and nodes, and not the stored info. (most fonts don't have the style info stored in them.) I would also love to hear about it.
I know I could sort my fonts in FontExpert 2006 (no relation to the other Font Expert) but that's only one at a time and it takes to long to sort 5 to 7 thousand fonts, one at a time.
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From: Mike (MIKEN) [#10]
8 Feb 2007
To: john (LILB93) [#9] 8 Feb 2007
http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#11]
8 Feb 2007
To: john (LILB93) [#9] 8 Feb 2007
John,
I haven't used Imagaro Z, but a friend of mine who uses it gives it high marks.
EDITED: 8 Feb 2007 by DGL