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Question for the Font recognition gurus

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Does anybody recognise what font House of Fraser use in their logo?

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Hmm, apart from the 's', it's very similar to Arial Narrow Bold...
Calibri Bold is probably the closest 'common' font - that is, if you have access to a vista computer...
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It looks very much like Century Gothic Bold

Here's a Regular version:

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If not, then Trebuchet MS could be a close match.

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In either case it looks like it has been squashed down on the vertical axis a little...
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http://www.identifont.com/list?1+id+28+ ... +14+2V0+14

franklin gothic or ff daxline mebbes the best?
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KW, good point!

Of that lot, ITC Mixage Medium also seems a good match to me! :)
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It looks similar to Gill Sans or Johnston Underground – those big, circular Os – although the Rs and Ss don't quite match. Scala Sans Bold isn't a bad guess ...
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I think it's Avenir Std

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EDIT: maybe not - the e's look too long
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It seems like a Futura to me. ;)
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goran wrote:
It seems like a Futura to me. ;)
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So that's 15 different fonts mentioned! :roll: I guess all I can do is play with the ones you've all mentioned that I have access too and see which looks best...
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there are several very good matches there, or does it have to be exact?
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