Ok, from the horse's mouth (my good friend and sometimes type designer,
Jon McGrew) the identification of the mystery font put forth by John
Hudson as seen here <http://www.JohnHudson.ca/TEMP/font.gif>
It's called "Arcadia" by Linotype. See below for details.
Chuck Norcutt
Jon McGrew wrote:
> Okay, Chuck, I finally have an answer for you.
>
> First, I’m sorry for the delay in responding; things got busy here...
> our deadline is approaching (http://ColonCancerChallenge.org/).
>
> Your friend’s font is called *Arcadia*, and contrary to what I had
> expected about finding that it was created as some garage font, it was
> created by the highly-esteemed Linotype Corporation. It can be seen
> here: http://www.linotype.com/13018/arcadiaregular-font.html. It’s also
> available here: http://www.fonts.com/FindFonts/detail.htm?pid=415177.
> See also http://www.identifont.com/show?EU.
>
> And Adobe says, “According to Brody [the typeface designer], IBM
> golf-ball typewriter faces inspired this strong, geometric design.”
>
> It can be purchased individually for $29, or as part of “The Linotype
> Originals OpenType Edition Version Two” (a 1,710 font package) for $6,599.
>
> I had searched through the Linotype site early on, but this didn’t show
> up under their common search terms such as “narrow” or “condensed” or
> “ultra-condensed.” It is also cataloged by MyFonts.com
> (http://new.myfonts.com/search/arcadia/fonts/), but I also didn’t see it
> there when I searched by keywords.
>
> Their description of the font notes that it was originally designed as a
> banner for Arena magazine in 1986, and in 1990 it was released as a font
> by Linotype GmbH (in Germany). They claim that it “lends eye-popping
> elegance” to projects. I guess our opinions differ on that.
>
> This font is also a surprising reuse of a name. Linotype themselves had
> a totally different font called “Arcadia” in the mid-1940s. That earlier
> font has no relationship to this font. That font had limited
> distribution, but for a company that deals with historic matters, it’s
> surprising to see a reuse of a name.
>
> This font has not been included with Windows (or with Mac OS’s). I also
> don’t see it in the CS4 list. It’s not part of the MS Office font
> collection, and it’s not in the Adobe Type Basics group. If your friend
> is looking for it on his PC, as well as looking for “Arcadia”, he might
> want to try “LT Arcadia” or “LTArcadia”. Sometimes Linotype puts that
> prefix on some of their font names.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Regards.
>
> —McGrew
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