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Thread ID: 34018 2003-06-01 18:59:00 does ANYONE know what font 'PC WORLD' is in above? sal (67) Press F1
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149105 2003-06-01 18:59:00 i was just wondering if anyone (even the mods?) knew what exactly that font PC WORLD (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) is in above, also the PressF1 (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) image near the top,

grtz sal.
tga

*ive already the emailed the webmaster (link in footer), with no response :(
sal (67)
149106 2003-06-01 21:08:00 Nope. I wouldn't mind betting I know why you want it though ;) agent (30)
149107 2003-06-01 21:12:00 Would it be the PC name or the iMac name of the font or maybe some other name you are after? E.ric (351)
149108 2003-06-01 21:17:00 I think it is probably Arial or another similar sans-serif font such as Helvetica. It looks as if it has just been suitably stretched to suit. -=JM=- (16)
149109 2003-06-01 21:37:00 Well, here's (sal.neoburn.net) my attempt at recreating them.

Not exactly the same, but if it's any help, the fonts I used were 'Franklin Gothic Demi Cond' for the "PC WORLD" text and 'Century Gothic' for the "PressF1" text.

However, I do believe that they have scaled the image down horizontally, because I could not find a single font on my computer that matched them exactly. Unless of course they used a font that we all don't have...
agent (30)
149110 2003-06-01 22:23:00 Oh good lord, not PC World and fonts... ;-)

Oh I remember when I first came to IDG... hehehe

Anyways, Im going to have a guess that its something rather similar to Arial...

Maybe its even Myriad_MM or a decendant of it ;-)
Chilling_Silently (228)
149111 2003-06-01 22:31:00 > *ive already the emailed the webmaster (link in footer), with no response

Email them again. They may be rather busy people and forgot to get back to you.
fragged (3862)
149112 2003-06-01 22:37:00 Myriad linotype font apparently costs ~$20...

And Google doesn't return any results for "myriad_mm"... if Google can't find it, does it even exist?
agent (30)
149113 2003-06-02 00:11:00 PCWorld looks like Arial Narrow that's been bolded and condensed - PressF1 looks like Arial Rounded MT Bold Greg S (201)
149114 2003-06-02 01:07:00 what is going for the prize?

$100 cash, and I will put more effort into it,
A pencil case of used pencils, forget it, It can stay a mystery font for all I care.
E.ric (351)
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