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Atlantic font id

Oct 05, 2015 at 11:34

Hello, does anyone recognize this font? Thank you.

Atlantic font id

Suggested font

Industrial 736  Suggested by koeiekat 


Oct 05, 2015 at 11:54

Best match is Bay_Animation's Indy 17 Wide Normal. Bay Animation is no more but like a phoenix is now known as Arts & Letters. Indy 17 is made after the Industrial.
Suggested font: Industrial 736

Edited on Oct 05, 2015 at 23:52 by koeiekat


Oct 05, 2015 at 12:33

Thank you koeiekat, most helpful


Oct 05, 2015 at 20:31

Bay_Animation's Indy 17 series is interesting.
Indy 17 Normal has the same basic letterforms as Alessandro Butti's Torino for Nebiolo, which is produced as Industrial 736 by Bitstream and as Torino by URW. Industrial 736 is closer to _Atlantic_ than URW's Torino because the thin strokes in Torino are very thin.
Indy 17 also has a wider width, which as koeiekat mentioned, is called Wide Normal.
Indy 17 Normal has a Bold weight which matches _Atlantic_ except that it is not wide enough.
Indy 17 Wide Normal matches _Atlantic_ except that it is not heavy enough.
At some stage there might have been an Indy 17 Wide Bold, which from what I can infer would be an exact match to _Atlantic_.
I can speculate that might have been the source of the letters for _Atlantic_.
Don

Edited 2 times. Last edit on Oct 05, 2015 at 20:40 by donshottype


Oct 05, 2015 at 22:59

Indy 17 came in four variations, Normal, Bold, Wide Normal and Extended Normal, each with an Italic version, so eight faces in all. As said, the Wide Normal is the best match. The best, not the perfect.


Oct 06, 2015 at 01:23

Yes, I found eight.
An alternative explanation is that the makers of _Atlantic_ thickened Wide Normal to make the letters.
Unless this is something pre-digital, in which case all bets are off.
In any case this is an attractive design based on the work of a master.
Don


Oct 06, 2015 at 11:22

donshottype said  
... An alternative explanation is that the makers of _Atlantic_ thickened Wide Normal to make the letters...

Nope. Look at the top of the t.


Oct 06, 2015 at 15:47

I measured the character width in Indy 17 normal and Indy 17 wide normal.
The width of Indy 17 wide normal is 120.225% of Indy 17 normal
I then expanded the width of Indy 17 bold by the same 120.225% and got the following result

Top of the _t_ needs to be blunted to match _Atlantic_
As for the rest, I don't spot major differences.
Don



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