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Futura Extra Bold Condensed.

I'm not a big fan of using auto-tracing functions unless I deliberately want to generate some roughened graphics effects. The auto tracing stuff in Flexi (and CASmate prior to that) was decent. But it was a pain to clean up the paths in those applications. The Live Trace and Live Paint...

If the bottom cabinet doesn't have a retainer similar to traditional sign cabinets it's likely the face was attached to the cabinet using channel letter trim cap material. At least that's what it sounds like. At any rate, if you're going to replace the damaged sign face you'll have to go to the...

I think I've seen this one before. But I haven't had any luck with What the Font, Font Squirrel, Google Fonts or scrolling through "groovy" category pages at DaFont. Thanks in advance for help!

While it's likely in this case the lettering was created by hand, the fact a lettering sample has three different capital "R" glyphs with varying features doesn't automatically mean a font file wasn't used. The Desire Pro typeface was mentioned (available to sync via Adobe Fonts btw). Desire Pro...

Depending on the project, like if you're replacing the faces in an existing sign cabinet, there is no substitute for actually measuring the sign cabinet (along with measuring the retainers, seeing what type of retainers are used, types of lamps and power supplies inside the cabinet, etc). We...

Nearly all of yesterday I couldn't connect to the site at all via Google Chrome. When trying to use Firefox the browser put up a warning notice. I tried checking back late last night and the site loaded normally.

Didn't have any luck trying to ID the typeface in the attached image using MyFonts' What the Font tool. I'm guessing it could be a free typeface, but didn't find a match scrolling thru a bunch of pages at DaFont. Thanks in advance for any help!

I don't think OpenType Variable and OpenType SVG fonts will work at all under Windows 7. That's another problem in addition to Adobe Fonts/Creative Cloud compatibility issues.

I use a lot of those shortcuts in CorelDRAW, as well as the R, L, T, B, C and E keys for alignment. I can run into some aggravation when jumping over to Adobe Illustrator. The keyboard shortcuts are very different in that environment. Hitting Corel-style shortcut keys in Illustrator can do some...

Anyone who uses Affinity Designer might have received the email notice yesterday. The second versions of Affinity Designer, Publisher and Photo were released in November. The initial 40% off sale was about to end, but Serif has extended the V2 launch sale until January 25. I'll have that much...

CorelDRAW has a bunch of persistent bugs with its font handling. Some of the fonts bugs have been there for several years. Yet they keep inching up their subscription price. They want $269 per year for DRAW and PhotoPaint, even though neither have been seeing much in the way of performance...

I'll have to experiment with some shortcut assignments. As often as I'm using Variable Fonts these days it's about time I had some kind of keyboard combo for welding those overlaps on text strings converted to curves.

The weld buttons on the tool bar in CorelDRAW are hit-and-miss when it comes to removing overlaps in paths. The Shaping>Weld command in the Object tool bar is more reliable at removing overlaps in lettering from Variable Fonts. One "gotcha" is the command needs to be applied when the text object...

Apple Chancery is closer than Lucida Calligraphy, but still doesn't quite match. The descender on the "y" has a thicker stroke. Overall, the letters have a more rounded appearance too. I swear I've seen this lettering somewhere before, but just can't place it.

Looks like Aurora Bold Condensed to me. It's commonly bundled in with copies of CorelDRAW.

At first glance I thought the letters in the attached image were Lucida Calligraphy or maybe Monotype Corsiva. Neither match the sample image. Thanks in advance for any help.

Overlapping paths is a very common trait with OpenType Variable fonts. The variable version of Montserrat definitely has overlapping paths, as do nearly all the other OTF VAR fonts at the Google Fonts web site. The standard, static versions of Montserrat don't have overlapping parts. I rarely...

PDFs with embedded fonts can be placed in Illustrator and then the embedded fonts can be converted to outlines using the Flatten Transparency dialog box. When placing the PDF make sure to check the "link" option, otherwise the font substitution menu will pop up. Once the PDF is placed into...

Thanks. It turns out the commercial version from The Fontry (12 font files) is currently 60% off at MyFonts. Normal price is $25. Sale price is only $10.