Help with RL Fonts

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:17 pm

It would seem that some (like Ahruman) can identify a font just by looking at it - so I need a little help.

Is there a free equivalent/approximation of the Cooper Black font found here: http://www.fonts.com/findfonts/detail.asp?pid=201342

and in addition can anybody identify the font used in the ING logo:

TIA

DH

Post by **Kaks** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:34 pm

A not-too-bad substitute for cooper black is cookie regular, I think it's freeware, and the ING logo uses a Times New Roman variant... the Liberation Serif font, from Red Hat, should do the trick!

edit: it seems that cookie regular is actually copyrighted, even though it's by a company that has ceased trading.
There's another cooper black lookalike called 'Coopa Blacka' and its copyright notice says 'please steal this font' so I'm not too sure about that one either.

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:37 pm

Fabulous (as ever!) - stayed tuned for a new bank and two new YAH ads...

(Although I still have much to do for the new constores...

)

Post by **Disembodied** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:49 pm

There's a free version of Cooper Black online here. I'm assuming it's a screen font only but that shouldn't matter for anything Oolite-related!

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:03 pm

That's perfect! How do you guys do it? I searched and searched before making the post...

Post by **Kaks** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:25 pm

It's all magic! < * cough * > nerd < * cough * > Magic, I tell ya!

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:45 pm

My excuse is that I’ve accidentally become a designer at $realwork. These days I walk around town and little mental labels appear on all the signs tagging the font and measuring margins. I’ve even got an iPhone app to identify fonts in photos, which would be immensely cool save for the detail that it’s always, always wrong.

Post by **Kaks** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:02 am

Ahruman wrote:
My excuse is that I’ve accidentally become a designer at $realwork.

I don't really deal with graphic stuff in RL, so I suppose I'll have to hide my ...hmm... ...err... 'magician' tendencies as best as I can for the future...

...which would be immensely cool save for the detail that it’s always, always wrong.

tomsk · Post by **tomsk** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:28 am

http://www.identifont.com/