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this won't get you the (a) font but I checked out several different microsoft logos here & there seems to be a few different fonts in use, besides the different line weights & styles (italic etc). The word "windows" in the ME logo seems to be a different font then the bold italic version of the word "microsoft" in the other logos. I can see how searching those 2 words would be tricky, but how much copy do you need to create & exact does it have to be anyway?
[ October 11, 2003, 07:58 PM: Message edited by: Doug Allan ]
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If you look at the Publisher98 Logo, I'm looking specifically for those two (I think it's two, maybe three?) fonts!
I need a whole set, and it has to be pretty close - the customer specified "the Microsoft font" and showed me some samples, of which are in the above logo...
Jason
[ October 11, 2003, 08:02 PM: Message edited by: Jason Bruler ]
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I just downloaded the publisher98 one & compared Ariel & Ariel Black. They aren't perfect, but good enough for most of my customers. If they were not good enough for one of them though I would ask them how many $60 hours they wanted me to spend researching. No doubt Bill has enuf coin to have paid someone to tweak a few letters on each logo, & not have actually used any true "fonts"
[ October 11, 2003, 08:12 PM: Message edited by: Doug Allan ]
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It's those subtle differences between Arial and what MS uses that make it look impersonated vs. authentic. This customer's looking for the authentic "Microsoft" look...
Jason
[ October 11, 2003, 08:41 PM: Message edited by: Jason Bruler ]
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The reason I asked how much copy you will be using is because with the vector files available at the site linked above, you could always swap in their "r" "f" or "t" into some ariel copy to fool all but the most hardcore purists. Of course finding the font, if there is one, would be best.
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Try checking with Monotype. Arial and a few others used by Windows are their fonts. They can be found at either www.fonts.com or www.monotype.com which both go to the same website. Lot of info there so good luck.
-------------------- Bill Cosharek Bill Cosharek Signs N.Huntingdon,Pa
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quote:Originally posted by Jason Bruler: I'm trying to find the "Microsoft" Font - the font they use on practically everything, on their boxes, books, etc.
Two answers I found on the Net:
"Mslogo font, Available only on display-based devices, Mslogo.ttf"
&
"You should try ITC Franklin Gothic, that's the font they used in Windows 2000 Logo"
But I don't know where to find the MSLogo font, since I use Mac.
Hope it helps!
-------------------- Desire Rusovsky SDG Signs rue du Lac 24 1342 Le Pont Switzerland desire@sdgsigns.com http://www.sdgsigns.com Posts: 218 | From: Le Pont / Switzerland | Registered: Mar 2002
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Many companies have a font designed and trademarked for their use only on their products. It wouldn't surprise me if this was the case with Microsoft.
If the company you are working with wants to use that particular font, they would need to have Microsofts permission. If they are using it in way that Microsoft approves of, I'm sure someone at Microsoft could supply them with the correct font.
If not, then "close enough" would need to work.
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We have a winner! ITC Franklin Gothic is it!
I couldn't find this on my "own" the first time because I was doing the design on my laptop, which didn't have the FG series font installed on it (it does now!) but my desktop system did!
Thanks Desire!
Jason
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