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Show threadFont IDMar 6
@guyjantic @Wyatt_H_Knott https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/11056/enviro
Enviro in use

Designed by F. Scott Garland and released with Letraset in 1982, originally in all caps. A lowercase wasn’t added before 1993. Digital versions by Elsner+Flake (caps only), URW (adding an Antique style with rough contours), ITC, SoftMaker (both as Entebbe and Elmore), FontSite (as Vellum).

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Show threadFont IDFeb 15
@ilkkajii Thanks! Added this to the list of digital interpretations at https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/76460/dual-gothic
Dual Gothic in use

A typeface designed in the 1960s for the IBM Selectric typewriter. Based on Dual Basic for the standard IBM typewriter. Digital interpretations include LL Superstudio (Jonathan Hares, Lineto, 2003) based in the 12 pitch size), AMB Dual Mono (Mateo Broillet), CMM Coda (Anna Cairns, Comma Type, 2024), and F25 Daisy Wheel (Volker Busse, 2006).

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Show threadFont IDNov 20
@jerry1970 This is Orthodox Herbertarian https://archive.org/details/orthodox-herbertarian, a freebie based on Davison Art Nouveau https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/148006/davison-art-nouveau, best known for the Dune books.
Orthodox Herbertarian : MEP : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Orthodox Herbertarian was created in 2009, painstakingly traced from scans of the typeface that was used on the American Ace Editions (Published by The...

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Show threadFont IDNov 19
@jerry1970 What year and albums?
Show threadFont IDNov 14
@lynnandtonic If you like this style of hand lettering and must use a font, check out Botanica: https://mycreativeland.com/family/botanica/?ref=fiu
My Creative Land — Botanica

Designed by Elena Genova, Botanica is a multiple classification font family. This typeface has five styles and was published by My Creative Land.

My Creative Land
Show threadFont IDNov 14
@csilverman @lynnandtonic Yep, every 'e' is different. Possible that they are alternates, but unlikely.
Show threadFont IDSep 24
@jerry1970 These are simply alternates in the Mason Serif font. https://barnbrook.net/typefaces/mason-serif/
Mason Serif — Barnbrook

Mason originally began life an as exploration of European architectural forms. A multitude of rich influences collide in the forms...

Barnbrook
Font IDAug 30, 2025

Font ID Post Summer Update: Sep 2025

STUMPERS
⁉️ Millenium Delirium
https://fontid.co/22555/early-2000s-thick-contemporary-sans-serif-santessa-delirium

⁉️ Digital Platipus
https://fontid.co/22869/possibly-commonplace-futuristic-font-for-platipus-archive

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Early 2000s thick and contemporary sans-serif for "santessa delirium" - Font ID

May be custom?

Show threadFont IDJul 29, 2025
@jerry1970 That’s a real stumper! I think it may not be part of online tools because it’s one of those early digital fonts that got lost to current archives or retail shops. I recommend posting to https://fontid.co.
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Show threadFont IDJul 16, 2025

@drj @benofbrown Lovely sign! I don’t know of any printer’s typeface that matches this. Some similars:

Cassiopeia https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/10842/cassiopeia
Perec Scripte https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/231863/perec-scripte
Memimas https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/6530/memimas
Dash https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/231607/dash-slow
Mister Brown https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/32253/mister-brown
Escrita Maravilla https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/41210/escritura-maravilla
Veltro https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/30325/veltro

Cassiopeia in use

“Help with OpenType programming was provided by the brilliant Tal Leming. Thanks for feedback and guidance to Christian Schwartz, (who also suggested the name Cassiopeia,) and Peter Bain, (who fixed my lowercase r.)” — Constellation Released as Galaxie Cassiopeia by Village (since 2011: Constellation) in 2006. Continued by Labor & Wait in 2023, with the name shortened to Cassiopeia.

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