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SignosaurusRex
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Seriously?
Helvetica Medium
Helvetica Medium
oldgoatroper
Roper of Goats. Old ones.
I don't think I've ever seen this before.... someone asking to ID Helvetica.... Moze, you need to give yourself a slap... LOL
SignosaurusRex
Active Member
Naaaah. Moze just needs to spend a couple hours familiarizing himself with the most common typefaces of all time.
Heck, the first vinyl cutting equipment only came with Helvetica as it's primary font. The real trick is getting folks to recognize the difference between Helvetica and Ariel.
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Moze
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Thanks guys. I'm definitely lacking in this area (obviously).
Things that are second nature to many here are things I've never had any real need and/or time to familiarize myself with. Probably 98% of what I do is installations. The remainder is sales. Of that 2%, it's rare I need to ID a font.
Having a couple of hours to familiarize myself with fonts would be great but I don't have that kind of spare time.
Thank you for the responses!
Things that are second nature to many here are things I've never had any real need and/or time to familiarize myself with. Probably 98% of what I do is installations. The remainder is sales. Of that 2%, it's rare I need to ID a font.
Having a couple of hours to familiarize myself with fonts would be great but I don't have that kind of spare time.
Thank you for the responses!
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oldgoatroper
Roper of Goats. Old ones.
SignosaurusRex
Active Member
Moze, IMHO that is a weak excuse at best. You are in the sign biz and most any seasoned signage salesman knows, or should know how to recognize the most common of fonts / typefaces. 
Moze
Active Member
Moze, IMHO that is a weak excuse at best. You are in the sign biz and most any seasoned signage salesman knows, or should know how to recognize the most common of fonts / typefaces.
I'm not a seasoned signage salesman. Not even close to it. At the sign company I previously worked at, I spent a few years in sign ordinance research & compilation, a few years surveying and installing, and a few years spent in estimating. About ten years total. None of those remotely necessitated identifying fonts.
I've been a subcontract installer for six years with very little direct sales. The installations I perform in no way necessitates font identification. Of the sales I've had, I've rarely needed to identify fonts...certainly not enough to study them.
I can rattle off information that many on here wouldn't have a clue about simply because their particular niche in the sign industry doesn't require it and they wouldn't have any real use for. My time is focused (and completely used up) on improving the bulk of what I do, not learning things that have virtually no effect on my business.