Name that font!

glitch · 11 Feb 2006 at 17:35

Can anyone name the font I was using for the 'digital' part of my old signature? Since my recent system rebuild I appear to have lost it, although I've installed everything I was using at the time. And yes, I didn't make a note of the name of it. Which was stupid.

Here's the old sig:

I've tried What The Font but drew a blank. Help!

PS. Feel free to mock me.

voodooflux · 11 Feb 2006 at 17:36

EDIT: never mind - you've already tried what the font

Might be worth a quick peruse on dafont though.

cheers
v.f.

glitch · 11 Feb 2006 at 20:07

Thanks for the link, I'm sure that'll be helpful in the future.

I still need to know the name of this font if anyone is feeling particularly charitable!

feenster99 · 12 Feb 2006 at 17:23

http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

Al Vallario · 12 Feb 2006 at 17:34

feenster99 said:
http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

glitch said:
I've tried What The Font but drew a blank.

feenster99 · 12 Feb 2006 at 17:35

Hehe whoops!

Gray · 12 Feb 2006 at 22:28

http://simplythebest.net/fonts/fonts/commodore_64.html

Similar, not perfect.

Gray · 12 Feb 2006 at 22:33

http://www.zone38.net/font/#pcsenior

Some more retro computer type fonts, but again not identical to your one.

glitch · 5 Mar 2006 at 15:06

Sorry about dredging up an old topic, but I figured that it would be better than starting a new one about the exact same thing.

If anyone is feeling particularly charitable, would you mind downloading the PSD file below and opening it up in Photoshop?

If it opens without any errors (i.e. no message saying 'text layers may need to be updated') could you let me know what the name of the first font is - I know the philosophy is Myriad Web Pro but I still don't know what the digital is.

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Thanks in advance to anyone willing to help out.

Dinomania · 5 Mar 2006 at 15:09

It isn't something as simple as Verdana or Tahoma at 5pt then resized, is it?

glitch · 5 Mar 2006 at 15:18

Unfortunately not. It's a font that for some unknown reason no longer resides on my system, which is why PS is throwing up error message about not being able to find it.

Closest I've found is ProFont Windows, but that's not got the jagged, pixellated edges.

Flanders · 5 Mar 2006 at 15:18

According to PS the 2 fonts used are:

ProFontWindows
MyriadWebPro

Hope that helps

Edit:

Seems you already know that

glitch · 5 Mar 2006 at 15:26

Was that before or after PS updated the text layer? Did PS even throw up an update message?

EDIT: Sorry, that sounded really ungrateful!

I get the same answer as you do, but only after PS has updated the text layer and replaced the original pixellated font with a smoother font - namely ProFont Windows. Now maybe it's just the version of the font I'm using but if so - where did I get the original from?!

Augmented · 5 Mar 2006 at 16:45

Using Profont works fine for me:

Are you sure you have ProFont for Windows installed? Make sure you have anti-aliasing on, and set it to 'Sharp' or 'Crisp'.

glitch · 6 Mar 2006 at 08:38

I've got both versions (the normal and TrueType) installed and the former looks like the one I want. However the normal version seems to getting overridden by the TrueType version, even though I've removed the TT one from my Fonts.

Well, at least we've finally got there - thanks to Flanders and Augmented for their help. Now all I need to do is figure out how to get the right version to show up.

joemorris86 · 6 Mar 2006 at 11:17

It says ProFontWindows and MyriadWebPro for me before adobe selects an alternative.