Font ID in book title?

**emcat** · 12 April 2013, 01:35 PM

Hello, I love the forum, have been lurking for what seems like forever working through examples and workbooks. Thanks to all. I hope this is the group who can ID t

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he type in the word Islam in this book title. So crisp, so elegant. Anyone? I have copied the image address from the link to the book on Amazon. Thanks!

**angelize** · 12 April 2013, 10:32 PM

Hi emcat Welcome to Talkgraphics

I did a bit of searching and comparing and the closest match I've found is CalistoMT The book title may have been condensed or squashed a little.

**emcat** · 12 April 2013, 11:28 PM

Thank you Angelize - I do have that font on my system and noted its similarity, but I wasn't sure that it was an exact match. The L in particular seems more... lyrical than the Calisto L. The baseline serifs seem to 'plant' themselves on the plane in a very pleasing way to me. Thanks again for checking this out. I'm using PGD7 -Maggie

**gwpriester** · 13 April 2013, 05:09 PM

The font may have been modified.

Scan a larger version of just the text and upload it to What The Font http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/ They are often good at font sleuthing.

**mwenz** · 13 April 2013, 06:41 PM

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/mti/carre-noir/

Pretty close.

Mike

**gwpriester** · 14 April 2013, 01:14 AM

It is almost impossible to make a good match from a sample that small.

**emcat** · 17 April 2013, 03:43 PM

Thanks Mike - I will look into Carre-noir. And yes, agreed, Gary, it is difficult with such a small sample. I can scan the book cover and upload it to What the Font - didn't know about that!

**zaphodeist** · 17 April 2013, 04:09 PM

Whatfontis is good too. Their main suggestion is Yana Regular :-

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PS Whatfontis do right-click extensions for Chrome and Firefox

PPS I'm not on commission, just a heads-up

**mwenz** · 17 April 2013, 04:36 PM

Originally Posted by emcat

Thanks Mike - I will look into Carre-noir. And yes, agreed, Gary, it is difficult with such a small sample. I can scan the book cover and upload it to What the Font - didn't know about that!

My screen shot in post #5 is a cleaned-up and enlarged copy, but you might get a better one from a good scan.

Another font that comes close in some parts is Bazhanov.

http://www.fonts.com/font/paratype/bazhanov/volume