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vakkotaurHave a look at a few photos of ACME parcels (here, here, and here) and look at the lettering for ACME and the names of the recipients. Stencil were used for those, but I do not know what the name of the font or typeface is. I would like to know this, or the name of something at least close.
As can be seen in the photographs, lower case letters are not needed, though some non-letters (such as the ampersand) are needed. The letters all have rounded edges or ends.
Any ideas what this is, or have a name for something similar?
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Date: 2 Oct 2007 12:46 (UTC)http://www.identifont.com/list?1+id+5+3R9+16+XD+16+66W+16+608+14+F3X+13+AIA+13+AQR+12+CUJ+11
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Date: 2 Oct 2007 19:19 (UTC)Makes it more official.
Also add on the packaging "must be signed for" or something else like that.
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Date: 2 Oct 2007 19:26 (UTC)I think there's one called something like "Arial MT Rounded Bold" that comes with either Windows or Microsoft Office that would be a fairly good match.
Re: Recommendation
Date: 2 Oct 2007 19:45 (UTC)The lack of a title (what it is) is deliberate. It should be something of a mystery. The parcels are labeled as simply as they are as that is all that is really needed and the amount of work involved in the stencilling - I don't have whole words or names in a form that I can just hit with a shot of spraypaint, nice as that might be for me. And notice that when I can, I do put ACME directly on the box, not on the Astrobrite "Solar Yellow" paper. Also, simpler is generally more "toony" which is a good thing here.
Even if I had the ideal font installed, I still have yet to badger, threaten, cajole, and whack into shape the barely functional irritation that is CUPS (http://vakkotaur.livejournal.com/380912.html) into actually printing anything beyond the test page. I'm looking at not just computer based printing but other methods of getting at least the ACME name on the boxes.