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Atlantic font id

05/10/2015 alle 11:34

Hello, does anyone recognize this font? Thank you.

Atlantic font id

Carattere suggerito

Industrial 736  Suggeriti da koeiekat 


05/10/2015 alle 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.
Carattere suggerito: Industrial 736

Modificato su 05/10/2015 alle 23:52 da koeiekat


05/10/2015 alle 12:33

Thank you koeiekat, most helpful


05/10/2015 alle 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

Modificato 2 volte. Ultima modifica su 05/10/2015 alle 20:40 da donshottype


05/10/2015 alle 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.


06/10/2015 alle 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


06/10/2015 alle 11:22

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

Nope. Look at the top of the t.


06/10/2015 alle 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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