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Larry Budnick
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Any ideas on what font this may be? It's seems to be used quite a bit locally, so I'm hoping it's a common font.  - I know it's it's pixelated but it was scanned from envelope, sorry.

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AML Graphics
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Michael Gene Adkins
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It's a common font, I recognize it and have used it, but I can't remember the name!!!

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Michael Gene Adkins
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It's call Pain In the Ass font.

Sorry Larry...I looked thru all of my fonts and don't have it.

I also tried What the Font...

http://new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/results?ch%5B0%5D=P&ch%5B1%5D=I&ch%5B2%5D=A&wtfserver=node5.ric.mf&id=0001d977498f3ab10009070a000003c7&glyphcount=3&imageid=11937731

No luck.

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Larry Budnick
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Thanks for the replies. But like Nevman says it's a Pain In the Ass font. I have seen it used a few different times locally that's why I thought it was more common. Glad to hear that you feel tha it's a more common font too, Mike. I've been looking through mine and on the web but haven't found it yet. I'm going to keep plugging on though. Thanks again.

[ February 18, 2009, 03:58 PM: Message edited by: Larry Budnick ]

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Michael Gene Adkins
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I have actually used this font, but that was 15 years ago. I will look at an old file and see if it will give me the font's name.

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Michael Gene Adkins
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Michael Gene Adkins
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found the file, but no font name attached to it

dang!!!

I always hated this font 'cause everyone local was addicted to it....

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Michael Gene Adkins
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Reminds me of an old Letraset font called Le Griff.
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/letraset/le-griffe/
But it's not.
Love....Jill

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Larry,
If this is so elusive that nobody here can locate it, chances are your client can't either. If you are just trying to match those 3 characters, many of us here (myself included) could do it for you in a flash with calligraphy pen/paper, or by digitizing and cleaning up from your scan. If you need more letters, pick a similar one and tell the customer that is the closest available.

Good Luck

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Barb may be right.

I've used this font before, I know it exists, but Jilly's selection and any of the extended Zapf Chancery families should do the job.

Still, I wish I could remember where I got this font. It was some trashy freeware/ripoff that I lost in a computer crash many moons ago.

And good riddance, I say!!!

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Michael Gene Adkins
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Hey!!! Jilly was right!!!

That's the font!!! Check it out!!! Man!!! I hate that font!!!!

http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/le-griffe-2/

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Michael Gene Adkins
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Thanks for the replies everybody. I figured if nobody knew it on here it was a "custom" font made for this particular sign. The one Jill found is very close, though. I'll have to try and clean it up and use it. Thanks again.

[ February 19, 2009, 10:31 AM: Message edited by: Larry Budnick ]

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Why would you want to use that on purpose. Go to the Fontry or some of the other sign font guys and buy something worth using. Just my 2 cents.

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Dave Sherby
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Actually I really like Le Griffe. It's just used stupidly here - 3 capital letters. Most calligraphic fonts should not use the caps all by themselves. The P is similar to Le Griffe but no I or A exists in the examples that come even close to the ones in Larry's sample. Larry sent me his file and I digitized it in Illustrator, cleaning up the serifs a bit using the calligraphic brush tool. So he is good to go now.

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Thanks everybody. And Barb thank you, it worked perfect. I would rather have redesigned their "Logo", but the owner was adamant about keeping it. But anyway like I said it worked perfectly for what I needed. Thanks again everybody

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