Thanks, the name change is new to me. It looks like Myfonts is not selling the 'Alternate' weight.

ClarehTM, at the top of the page, you should see a link called "Themes". Most of the fonts that would be good for tattoos would be in the Calligraphy section.

Was Petras ScriptEF designed by Elsner + Flake, kat?

http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/ef/petras-script/

If not, do you know whom they copied?

Thanks,

~bito

You need a different P.

ellenelle, the prohibition about comments concerning technical problems applies to every font on dafont. One person in the comments mentioned the same problem as you had, (parts of letters cut off), and koeiekat explained why this occurs. I know that a .ttf version was added in May, 2010, (it says so in the comments). I don't know what changes the designer made between the version originally posted on dafont, and the most recent update, (Aug 25, 2010). I don't have this font installed.

If you read the license for the two versions available from the rapidshare link, the designer allows people to modify the font. If you have a font editing program such as FontCreator, FontLab Studio5 or ScanFont 3, you could modify the font, by adjusting the metrics to properly set the ascenders, descenders, and, (if applicable), the side bearings. I can't help you with any of that, as my only alphabet font is monospaced, and ascenders and descenders aren't relevant for my dingbats.

One of the people who left a comment said they had problems using Miama in Publisher. It's possible that the font, as is, works properly in some applications, but not in others.

Here's one more version of Miama. I believe this was the May, 2010 update, since replaced by the current version. One of the three older versions may work properly for you

http://rapidshare.com/files/418347334/miama3.zip

~bito

Don't make a habit of bumping up your threads, aselzion. When you want help from people, annoying them usually isn't the best strategy.

~bito

http://www.dafont.com/forum/read/1014/urgent-font-id-help-needed

It's on this same forum page, pal.

mada9, if someone recognizes the font, they will tell you what it is, or they will suggest one similar.

Here's a page on Luc Devroye's site:

http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc/romania.html

about Romanian font designers. It's very likely that the person who designed the font you're looking for is Romanian. You'll have to go through the links yourself, though.

You're asking about a font that, very likely, no one else who posts in this forum has, nor wants. Bumping up your own thread to ask the same question over and over makes other people less likely to want to help you, as did your creation of a second thread, asking the same question. I deleted that one. Being a forum moderator has its' privileges, as well as its' responsibilities.

~bito

ellenelle, here are the first two versions of Miama, the initial version posted on dafont on Feb 11, 2009, and the first update, from around March 10, 2009:

http://rapidshare.com/files/418334451/Miama_-_versions_1___2.rar

As far as I can tell, these were the only two versions released on dafont prior to the August 25, 2010 update with metrics anomalies. I hope one of these two will work properly for your purposes.

This link is only good for ten downloads total, so grab it while it's still available.

~bito

I have severe insomnia, vinz. It's not uncommon for me to be awake 36-40 hours in a row. It didn't take that long to make the list. I just started on the last page, and worked my way forward. I typed it in Notepad, so it was easy to locate any duplications, by using Edit -> Find. It will be easy to do updates, (probably once a week), because I just have to look at the most recent page(s), and look for posts made after this week's cutoff date. I didn't have to read all of the posts in the threads, because the green 'identified font' is always added to the first post.

I think the chart will add a little fun and incentive for those who have been identifying fonts, or those who would like to start. It also recognizes the efforts of those who are making positive contributions to this forum.

@ koeiekat: Yes, I should have used the word "foundries" instead of designers. Veronika Elner and Günther Flake probably didn't design most of the 2.500 or so fonts attributed to them, and URW is certainly not an individual. My bad.

I think the rules are fair to everyone. Many font identifiers might not be interested in this list, but I think it should have enough appeal to enough people to justify the time I spent for the initial tabulation. I have a feeling I may be stuck on one for quite a while, but I hope those who read my successful identification will download Pablo Impallari's Lobster. It's a great free font that he's constantly updating with new ligatures, and if there are any bugs remaining, he's hard at work fixing them. I also referred him to Luc Devroye for font hosting, so it's nice to be able to promote someone who's on the same team.

btw, do you know a way to move the trophy .gif in the original post, so it appears on the main page, instead of the gray circle with the line from lower right to upper left in the center? I think more people would read this thread if it had a graphic. The .gif would not have to be animated.

Thanks,

~bito

Try using a more recent unzipping tool. If you're using Windows, download the 32 bit version of the latest version of Winrar, and set it as the default program to open .zip and .rar archives.

Get it here: http://rarlab.com/download.htm

Following is a list of those who have identified fonts in this forum, ranked by the number of fonts identified. The rules for inclusion are as follows:

1) Only fonts that have been positively identified on or before Sep 09, 2010 at 14:28 are included. Any fonts that are identified after that time will be included in the next update. There are three exceptions:

Scrawl Light and Mead Bold were credited to koeiekat, based on these two threads:
http://www.dafont.com/forum/read/742/scrawl-by-john-w-young Scrawl Light
http://www.dafont.com/forum/read/799/identification-police Mead Bold

Allianz Sans was credited to tophy52, based on this thread:
http://www.dafont.com/forum/read/749/font Allianz Sans

2) No points are awarded for recognizing hand drawn lettering or logos.

3) Once a font has been identified, subsequent identifications in later posts do not score points. The following people are affected by this:

tophy52 (Whoop Ass, Choc, Grobold, Creampuff, Xirod, Bickley Script, Bitsumishi, Tango)
Rodolphe (Zapfino, BD Bardust, Ginga)
koeiekat (Officer X, Carpenter)
vinz (Handel Gothic)
amysymes (Carpenter)
daviddddr (Impact)

Unfortunately for amysymes and daviddddr, their only identification so far had previously been identified by someone else, so they are both still on a duck.

4) Different weights of a font family are considered to be different fonts, for the purpose of the chart, but the same font from different designers, (eg: Balloon by URW and Balloon by Elsner + Flake), are considered to be the same font.

5) Only posts made in the English forum are eligible, but the language used in the post is not a factor.

If there is a confirmation of a previously suggested font that does not result in a new posting, please inform me by PM, with the url of the thread in question, and your score will be increased on the next update.

Leaderboard: LW: Last Week TW: This Week

tophy52 (LW -- TW - #1) 79 IDs

Klingon, Script-S800, Pergamon, Mia's Scribbling, Tango, hullunkruunu, punksnotdead, Officer X, Glowworm, Engravers Gothic Bold, Wichita Black, Handel Gothic, African, Philly Sans, Heartbreaker, Major Productions NF, Commercial Script, Popstars, Saginaw, Calligrapher, Deutsch Gothic, Vampire Regular, Happy Killer, Hattenschweiler, Swiss911xcn, Blackout, 01digitall, Caxton Bold,Asrafel, N Gage, Trajan, Angelina, Saved by Zero, Prokofiev, Magnum, Bitsumishi, Duval, Blade 2, Ballantines, Libby Script, Space Age, Dare Devil, Half project logo, Creampuff, Feast of Flesh BB, BD Extrawurst, Earth, Strenuous, Grilled Cheese Cond, Soda Script Bold, Jungle Life, Grobold, Impact, Bonzai, Papyrus, Research Remix, Regular Normal, Symbol ITC, Stiff Neck, Nightmare Before Christmas, Pristina, Kaufmann Bold, FF Dax medium, Arsenale White, Lydian, 101! Star Lit, Desigers, Vivaldi, Inkburrow, BD Cartoon Shout, Handwritten Crystal, Allianz Sans, Tiranti Solid, EcuyerDax, TF Arrow Book, City Pro Medium, Frutiger 45 Light, VF Sans Condensed, Blur

koeiekat (LW -- TW #2) 36 IDs

Brush Script, Mahogany Script, P22 Cezanne, Loki Cola, Poor Richard, PT Express, Mordred Demi Bold, AL Sandra, Nadianne, LD Adornment, Cataclysmic, Wolven Script, Bickley Script, Myriad Semibold, Scrawl Light, Caxton, Dark Crystal Script, Ondine, Pea Weenie, Mead Bold, Times New Roman, Bambino, Year2000Boogie, Arrière Garde, Sudestada, BD Bardust, Ginga, Giddyup, Palatino Medium, aaaiight!, Gartentika, Vag Rounded, Mathmos Original Italic, SG Brush Script SB Regular, Lithos, Bradley Hand

Rodolphe (LW -- TW #3) 31 IDs

Umbra, Raphael, Dark Crystal, Troglodyte Pop, Pricedown, TF Avian, Mondo Redondo, Y2K Neophyte, Boo Boo Kitty, Çarsi, Arnold Böcklin, SF Automaton, Cooper Black, Katzcatz KG, Action Jackson, Bergell, Frakturika, El&Font Bubble, The King and Queen, The Poison, Bank Gothic, 4Yeo Out, Porky's, The Last Font I'm Wasting On You, Osaka Sans Serif, Depraved, Stencil, 3 the Hard Way Rmx, Astronaut, VTKS Revolt, Younger Than Me

Rodolphe may qualify for an extra point, with reference to Zapfino. daaams identified Zapfino first, and Rodolphe identified Zapfino One. If these two fonts are not the same, let me know, and Rodolphe's score will be increased to 32.

vinz (LW -- TW #4) 25 IDs

Hotel Coral Essex, Davida, Mistral, Halter, Myriad, Futura Black, Choc, Carpenter, Myriad Pro Italic, Arial, Xirod, Fontesque, Helvetica Black, Pis LIETZ Lindham, FF Dax, Passions Conflict, Waltograph, Candice, ITC Avant Garde Gothic Bold, Supernatural Knight, Neuzeit Grotesk Black, Arial Black, Futura Condensed Extra Bold, Futura Condensed Extra Bold Oblique, Wichita Bold

daaams (LW -- TW #5) 12 IDs

Billie Barred, Scriptina, Seven Swordsmen, American Typewriter Bold, Forte Regular, Hulkbusters, Zapfino, Balloon, Atari Kids, Madredeus, Mrs Eaves Small Caps, Asenine

deds (LW-- TW #5) 9 IDs

Secession-Afisha, Normal, P22 Da Vinci, FF Dax Bold, BN Police Regular, Legrand, HYPD BD Bardust Remix, Flower 3, N-Gage, Andes

Heron2001 (LW-- TW #6) 4 IDs

Benguiat Bold Italic, Bodega Sans Medium, Plaza, ITC Avant Garde Book

Amazingmax (LW-- TW #7T) 2 IDs

Alice in Wonderland, Whoop Ass

JasonArthur (LW-- TW #7T) 2 IDs

Storm Trooper, Fertigo Pro Regular

Farfadam (LW-- TW #7T) 2 IDs

Helvetica Neue Lt Std 23 Ultra Light Extended, Geist Bold

dasklem (LW-- TW #10T) 1 ID

Herencia

Sethan (LW-- TW #10T) 1 ID

University Roman

Schwalbenkoenig (LW-- TW #10T) 1 ID

Fontovision

Kodoichi (LW-- TW #10T) 1 ID

Rosewood Std

Andrew2 (LW-- TW #10T) 1 ID

Alpaca 54

chris19 (LW-- TW #10T) 1 ID

Volvo

bobistheowl (LW-- TW #10T) 1 ID

Lobster

adfvalentine (LW-- TW #10T) 1 ID

Evanescent

brnwrck (LW-- TW #10T) 1 ID

Viper Black

imaginaryfriend (LW-- TW #10T) 1 ID

Kredit

danihonorato (LW-- TW #10T) 1 ID

Dr Carbfred

~bito

This is what the above graphic looks like with the colours inverted:



It may be easier to identify that way.

~bito

This is custom lettering, not a font. Notice how each of the three e's and thetwo capital R's aredifferent, and the baseline is inconsistent, but it moves with the lower broken border.

This is custom drawn lettering, not a font.

The fact that the three A's in 'Saia Na' and the two E's in 'Frente' are identical strongly suggests that this is a font, rather than custom lettering. Beyond that, I'm of no help,

good call, danihonorato! Many have tried to stump the kat on font IDs. Few have succeeded.

This might be easier to identify as a positive image:

This is custom lettering, not a font.

And this: http://www.dafont.com/tackoding.font

This one's nice, too: http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc/impallari.html