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  • Identifying sans font with crossed W

    From aaw1083@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Ian Wilson on Thu Jan 19 17:58:09 2017
    Over a decade late but I believe the font they were looking for was Garamond.


    On Tuesday, March 1, 2005 at 1:41:59 AM UTC-8, Ian Wilson wrote:
    Hello,

    I'm trying to identify a font for which I only have a short sample. I've tried various sites that identify fonts by asking a series of questions
    about the letter forms but have drawn a blank.

    The most obvious characteristic is the W with crossed central vertex.

    It is a solid geometric sans-serif font, a book font NOT a decorative
    font. Light and slightly oblique.

    W - central vertex crosses like overlapping VV
    (e.g. Garamond Antiqua but sans-serif)
    Q - tail joins loop without crossing it
    P - Gap where bowl meets vertical
    U - no stem
    3 - curved
    4 - closed
    i - square dot
    M - mid vertex on baseline
    g - single storey
    a - double storey

    Can anyone identify this?

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  • From Peter Flynn@21:1/5 to aaw1083@gmail.com on Fri Jan 20 20:54:29 2017
    On 01/20/2017 01:58 AM, aaw1083@gmail.com wrote:
    Over a decade late but I believe the font they were looking for was Garamond.

    Not if it was a sans-serif face.

    P

    On Tuesday, March 1, 2005 at 1:41:59 AM UTC-8, Ian Wilson wrote:
    Hello,

    I'm trying to identify a font for which I only have a short sample. I've
    tried various sites that identify fonts by asking a series of questions
    about the letter forms but have drawn a blank.

    The most obvious characteristic is the W with crossed central vertex.

    It is a solid geometric sans-serif font, a book font NOT a decorative
    font. Light and slightly oblique.

    W - central vertex crosses like overlapping VV
    (e.g. Garamond Antiqua but sans-serif)
    Q - tail joins loop without crossing it
    P - Gap where bowl meets vertical
    U - no stem
    3 - curved
    4 - closed
    i - square dot
    M - mid vertex on baseline
    g - single storey
    a - double storey

    Can anyone identify this?


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  • From mw3flowers@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 3 10:25:47 2020
    What is a serif font with both a crossed M and a crossed W?

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  • From David E. Ross@21:1/5 to mw3flowers@gmail.com on Fri Jan 3 15:48:38 2020
    On 1/3/2020 10:25 AM, mw3flowers@gmail.com wrote:
    What is a serif font with both a crossed M and a crossed W?


    If by "crossed W" you mean it resembles two Vs overlapping, I have
    several fonts with that. Bofin Printworks font identifier at <http://bowfinprintworks.com/SerifGuide/intro.php> indicates 231 such
    fonts.

    However, I cannot find any font that contains a similar M. Bofin
    Printworks font identifier does not indicate a single such font.

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