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Typeface like Times New Roman but with “tied” percent sign
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I wish to identify the below typeface, which is similar or identical to Times New Roman, except for a "tied" percent sign. I need it for MS Word so welcome suggestions of similar typefaces available in Word.
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I wish to identify the below typeface, which is similar or identical to Times New Roman, except for a "tied" percent sign. I need it for MS Word so welcome suggestions of similar typefaces available in Word.
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simply click to any of the thousand web sites (example whatfontis.com ) where you upload an image, and it tells you what font it is.
– Fattie
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@Fattie: Sadly it's not always that simple. I tried it on OP's behalf with both WhatTheFont! and What Font Is. WhatTheFont! suggested a good match (Plantin Std Roman) as its top hit, but with the wrong percent style. What Font Is didn't even get close until I went a ways down the list to find CG Times Regular.
– Tim Pederick
yesterday
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Long shot, but check whether the book has a colophon that tells you what font it uses. You could also ask the publisher directly.
– DMPalmer
yesterday
1
I’m surprised no one has quibbled about the phrase “which is similar or identical to Times New Roman, except for…”. To me, this Plantin-based typeface looks nothing like Times New Roman, except inasmuch as they are both serifs with a fairly tall x-height.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
19 hours ago
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@syre Yes, to the untrained eye, I’m sure it does – I was only surprised that none of the other regulars here had pointed out that the two are not considered particularly similar in general.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
18 hours ago
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I wish to identify the below typeface, which is similar or identical to Times New Roman, except for a "tied" percent sign. I need it for MS Word so welcome suggestions of similar typefaces available in Word.
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I wish to identify the below typeface, which is similar or identical to Times New Roman, except for a "tied" percent sign. I need it for MS Word so welcome suggestions of similar typefaces available in Word.
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simply click to any of the thousand web sites (example whatfontis.com ) where you upload an image, and it tells you what font it is.
– Fattie
yesterday
3
@Fattie: Sadly it's not always that simple. I tried it on OP's behalf with both WhatTheFont! and What Font Is. WhatTheFont! suggested a good match (Plantin Std Roman) as its top hit, but with the wrong percent style. What Font Is didn't even get close until I went a ways down the list to find CG Times Regular.
– Tim Pederick
yesterday
3
Long shot, but check whether the book has a colophon that tells you what font it uses. You could also ask the publisher directly.
– DMPalmer
yesterday
1
I’m surprised no one has quibbled about the phrase “which is similar or identical to Times New Roman, except for…”. To me, this Plantin-based typeface looks nothing like Times New Roman, except inasmuch as they are both serifs with a fairly tall x-height.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
19 hours ago
1
@syre Yes, to the untrained eye, I’m sure it does – I was only surprised that none of the other regulars here had pointed out that the two are not considered particularly similar in general.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
18 hours ago
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simply click to any of the thousand web sites (example whatfontis.com ) where you upload an image, and it tells you what font it is.
– Fattie
yesterday
3
@Fattie: Sadly it's not always that simple. I tried it on OP's behalf with both WhatTheFont! and What Font Is. WhatTheFont! suggested a good match (Plantin Std Roman) as its top hit, but with the wrong percent style. What Font Is didn't even get close until I went a ways down the list to find CG Times Regular.
– Tim Pederick
yesterday
3
Long shot, but check whether the book has a colophon that tells you what font it uses. You could also ask the publisher directly.
– DMPalmer
yesterday
1
I’m surprised no one has quibbled about the phrase “which is similar or identical to Times New Roman, except for…”. To me, this Plantin-based typeface looks nothing like Times New Roman, except inasmuch as they are both serifs with a fairly tall x-height.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
19 hours ago
1
@syre Yes, to the untrained eye, I’m sure it does – I was only surprised that none of the other regulars here had pointed out that the two are not considered particularly similar in general.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
18 hours ago
3
3
simply click to any of the thousand web sites (example whatfontis.com ) where you upload an image, and it tells you what font it is.
– Fattie
yesterday
simply click to any of the thousand web sites (example whatfontis.com ) where you upload an image, and it tells you what font it is.
– Fattie
yesterday
3
3
@Fattie: Sadly it's not always that simple. I tried it on OP's behalf with both WhatTheFont! and What Font Is. WhatTheFont! suggested a good match (Plantin Std Roman) as its top hit, but with the wrong percent style. What Font Is didn't even get close until I went a ways down the list to find CG Times Regular.
– Tim Pederick
yesterday
@Fattie: Sadly it's not always that simple. I tried it on OP's behalf with both WhatTheFont! and What Font Is. WhatTheFont! suggested a good match (Plantin Std Roman) as its top hit, but with the wrong percent style. What Font Is didn't even get close until I went a ways down the list to find CG Times Regular.
– Tim Pederick
yesterday
3
3
Long shot, but check whether the book has a colophon that tells you what font it uses. You could also ask the publisher directly.
– DMPalmer
yesterday
Long shot, but check whether the book has a colophon that tells you what font it uses. You could also ask the publisher directly.
– DMPalmer
yesterday
1
1
I’m surprised no one has quibbled about the phrase “which is similar or identical to Times New Roman, except for…”. To me, this Plantin-based typeface looks nothing like Times New Roman, except inasmuch as they are both serifs with a fairly tall x-height.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
19 hours ago
I’m surprised no one has quibbled about the phrase “which is similar or identical to Times New Roman, except for…”. To me, this Plantin-based typeface looks nothing like Times New Roman, except inasmuch as they are both serifs with a fairly tall x-height.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
19 hours ago
1
1
@syre Yes, to the untrained eye, I’m sure it does – I was only surprised that none of the other regulars here had pointed out that the two are not considered particularly similar in general.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
18 hours ago
@syre Yes, to the untrained eye, I’m sure it does – I was only surprised that none of the other regulars here had pointed out that the two are not considered particularly similar in general.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
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There are probably hundreds of fonts which fits your description, so finding one that fits your taste might be like searching for a needle in a haystack.
I assume that the font needs to be free, so I would suggest the following:
- Enter a site with free fonts like dafont or Google Fonts.
- Choose a preview text with many different letters and a %-sign. For example: "handgloves %".
- Since Times new Roman is a classic serif font you should confine your search to only include serif fonts.
- Scroll through the pages and find a font you like which has the tied %-sign.
- Download and install it on your system. Most free fonts will work in MS Word.
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Thank you. My bad as I realize that my question doesn't clearly state that I am looking for the exact font in the image, or the next best approximation.
– syre
yesterday
Do you have a better image? It's really low resolution. Or better yet: a PDF so you can just select the text and see the name of the font?
– Wolff
yesterday
I've updated the OP with the best resolution I've got. It's a scan so a PDF would only be as good as OCR is at recognizing the font. Acrobat detected Times New Roman, which doesn't have the same percent sign.
– syre
yesterday
Good, I didn't know if you had a high resolution sample. Have you tried to do as @Fattie suggests and try to autodetect the font online? Check out this list.
– Wolff
yesterday
Yes I have tried several but had a similar experience to the one @Tim_Pederick describes in his comment to the OP.
– syre
yesterday
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At first, I thought the most likely candidate was Linotype's Times, because it has the right style of percent sign and it's included with Apple operating systems. (Microsoft's Times New Roman is provided by Monotype.)
However, as you mentioned in comments, the book is from 1988, before "standard" fonts bundled with OS or office software really took over the typography world.
It does look like a Times, and there are other digitisations of the original 1930s metal type; Adobe's is another one with this style of percent sign. There are also related typefaces, like Plantin (here is MTI's Plantin).
However, none that I have found have both this percent sign and the distinctive italic forms seen here (like the p that Wolff pointed out in comments, and the swash v).
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Fantastic. Thank you. This is from a 1988 French book.
– syre
yesterday
1
I agree that it's very similar to some kind of Times. But the italics doesn't look like Times. Look at the p where the lines intersect. In the versions of Times I have access to there is a normal serif.
– Wolff
yesterday
1
@syre: Ah, well, if it's from 1988 then it could be anything! I only said Linotype's because I figured that a font included with a popular OS was likely... but that's only really true from about the 1990s. And none of the three I've looked at have the italic p that Wolff points out!
– Tim Pederick
yesterday
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When I search WhatTheFont I find some similar fonts which have the right kind of italics - none of them are Times. I cropped the image and edited it first though.
– Wolff
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The text is definitely Plantin, a precursor of Times, not Times itself. Additional clear differences from Times are the gap in the P and the slanted sides of the M. The percent sign is left unexplained because all Plantin samples I see have a disconnected percent. The tied percent in this book appears to be a substitution or customization.
If the percent style is the main feature you like and want to replicate, then you have various options that people have mentioned. If you care about all the other ways the book's typeface differs from Times, you will have to use Plantin.
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This could be a Caslon. The following is a preview using William Caslon Text. This version is not a free font.
The body text could also be STIX Two Text. This is a free font.
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Neither of those comes close to matching all the detailed letter and number glyph shapes in the book, whereas Plantin does.
– nanoman
yesterday
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The e's alone rule this out.
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There are probably hundreds of fonts which fits your description, so finding one that fits your taste might be like searching for a needle in a haystack.
I assume that the font needs to be free, so I would suggest the following:
- Enter a site with free fonts like dafont or Google Fonts.
- Choose a preview text with many different letters and a %-sign. For example: "handgloves %".
- Since Times new Roman is a classic serif font you should confine your search to only include serif fonts.
- Scroll through the pages and find a font you like which has the tied %-sign.
- Download and install it on your system. Most free fonts will work in MS Word.
answered yesterday
WolffWolff
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Thank you. My bad as I realize that my question doesn't clearly state that I am looking for the exact font in the image, or the next best approximation.
– syre
yesterday
Do you have a better image? It's really low resolution. Or better yet: a PDF so you can just select the text and see the name of the font?
– Wolff
yesterday
I've updated the OP with the best resolution I've got. It's a scan so a PDF would only be as good as OCR is at recognizing the font. Acrobat detected Times New Roman, which doesn't have the same percent sign.
– syre
yesterday
Good, I didn't know if you had a high resolution sample. Have you tried to do as @Fattie suggests and try to autodetect the font online? Check out this list.
– Wolff
yesterday
Yes I have tried several but had a similar experience to the one @Tim_Pederick describes in his comment to the OP.
– syre
yesterday
add a comment |
There are probably hundreds of fonts which fits your description, so finding one that fits your taste might be like searching for a needle in a haystack.
I assume that the font needs to be free, so I would suggest the following:
- Enter a site with free fonts like dafont or Google Fonts.
- Choose a preview text with many different letters and a %-sign. For example: "handgloves %".
- Since Times new Roman is a classic serif font you should confine your search to only include serif fonts.
- Scroll through the pages and find a font you like which has the tied %-sign.
- Download and install it on your system. Most free fonts will work in MS Word.
answered yesterday
WolffWolff
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Thank you. My bad as I realize that my question doesn't clearly state that I am looking for the exact font in the image, or the next best approximation.
– syre
yesterday
Do you have a better image? It's really low resolution. Or better yet: a PDF so you can just select the text and see the name of the font?
– Wolff
yesterday
I've updated the OP with the best resolution I've got. It's a scan so a PDF would only be as good as OCR is at recognizing the font. Acrobat detected Times New Roman, which doesn't have the same percent sign.
– syre
yesterday
Good, I didn't know if you had a high resolution sample. Have you tried to do as @Fattie suggests and try to autodetect the font online? Check out this list.
– Wolff
yesterday
Yes I have tried several but had a similar experience to the one @Tim_Pederick describes in his comment to the OP.
– syre
yesterday
add a comment |
There are probably hundreds of fonts which fits your description, so finding one that fits your taste might be like searching for a needle in a haystack.
I assume that the font needs to be free, so I would suggest the following:
- Enter a site with free fonts like dafont or Google Fonts.
- Choose a preview text with many different letters and a %-sign. For example: "handgloves %".
- Since Times new Roman is a classic serif font you should confine your search to only include serif fonts.
- Scroll through the pages and find a font you like which has the tied %-sign.
- Download and install it on your system. Most free fonts will work in MS Word.
answered yesterday
WolffWolff
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There are probably hundreds of fonts which fits your description, so finding one that fits your taste might be like searching for a needle in a haystack.
I assume that the font needs to be free, so I would suggest the following:
- Enter a site with free fonts like dafont or Google Fonts.
- Choose a preview text with many different letters and a %-sign. For example: "handgloves %".
- Since Times new Roman is a classic serif font you should confine your search to only include serif fonts.
- Scroll through the pages and find a font you like which has the tied %-sign.
- Download and install it on your system. Most free fonts will work in MS Word.
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WolffWolff
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WolffWolff
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Thank you. My bad as I realize that my question doesn't clearly state that I am looking for the exact font in the image, or the next best approximation.
– syre
yesterday
Do you have a better image? It's really low resolution. Or better yet: a PDF so you can just select the text and see the name of the font?
– Wolff
yesterday
I've updated the OP with the best resolution I've got. It's a scan so a PDF would only be as good as OCR is at recognizing the font. Acrobat detected Times New Roman, which doesn't have the same percent sign.
– syre
yesterday
Good, I didn't know if you had a high resolution sample. Have you tried to do as @Fattie suggests and try to autodetect the font online? Check out this list.
– Wolff
yesterday
Yes I have tried several but had a similar experience to the one @Tim_Pederick describes in his comment to the OP.
– syre
yesterday
add a comment |
Thank you. My bad as I realize that my question doesn't clearly state that I am looking for the exact font in the image, or the next best approximation.
– syre
yesterday
Do you have a better image? It's really low resolution. Or better yet: a PDF so you can just select the text and see the name of the font?
– Wolff
yesterday
I've updated the OP with the best resolution I've got. It's a scan so a PDF would only be as good as OCR is at recognizing the font. Acrobat detected Times New Roman, which doesn't have the same percent sign.
– syre
yesterday
Good, I didn't know if you had a high resolution sample. Have you tried to do as @Fattie suggests and try to autodetect the font online? Check out this list.
– Wolff
yesterday
Yes I have tried several but had a similar experience to the one @Tim_Pederick describes in his comment to the OP.
– syre
yesterday
Thank you. My bad as I realize that my question doesn't clearly state that I am looking for the exact font in the image, or the next best approximation.
– syre
yesterday
Thank you. My bad as I realize that my question doesn't clearly state that I am looking for the exact font in the image, or the next best approximation.
– syre
yesterday
Do you have a better image? It's really low resolution. Or better yet: a PDF so you can just select the text and see the name of the font?
– Wolff
yesterday
Do you have a better image? It's really low resolution. Or better yet: a PDF so you can just select the text and see the name of the font?
– Wolff
yesterday
I've updated the OP with the best resolution I've got. It's a scan so a PDF would only be as good as OCR is at recognizing the font. Acrobat detected Times New Roman, which doesn't have the same percent sign.
– syre
yesterday
I've updated the OP with the best resolution I've got. It's a scan so a PDF would only be as good as OCR is at recognizing the font. Acrobat detected Times New Roman, which doesn't have the same percent sign.
– syre
yesterday
Good, I didn't know if you had a high resolution sample. Have you tried to do as @Fattie suggests and try to autodetect the font online? Check out this list.
– Wolff
yesterday
Good, I didn't know if you had a high resolution sample. Have you tried to do as @Fattie suggests and try to autodetect the font online? Check out this list.
– Wolff
yesterday
Yes I have tried several but had a similar experience to the one @Tim_Pederick describes in his comment to the OP.
– syre
yesterday
Yes I have tried several but had a similar experience to the one @Tim_Pederick describes in his comment to the OP.
– syre
yesterday
add a comment |
At first, I thought the most likely candidate was Linotype's Times, because it has the right style of percent sign and it's included with Apple operating systems. (Microsoft's Times New Roman is provided by Monotype.)
However, as you mentioned in comments, the book is from 1988, before "standard" fonts bundled with OS or office software really took over the typography world.
It does look like a Times, and there are other digitisations of the original 1930s metal type; Adobe's is another one with this style of percent sign. There are also related typefaces, like Plantin (here is MTI's Plantin).
However, none that I have found have both this percent sign and the distinctive italic forms seen here (like the p that Wolff pointed out in comments, and the swash v).
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Tim PederickTim Pederick
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Fantastic. Thank you. This is from a 1988 French book.
– syre
yesterday
1
I agree that it's very similar to some kind of Times. But the italics doesn't look like Times. Look at the p where the lines intersect. In the versions of Times I have access to there is a normal serif.
– Wolff
yesterday
1
@syre: Ah, well, if it's from 1988 then it could be anything! I only said Linotype's because I figured that a font included with a popular OS was likely... but that's only really true from about the 1990s. And none of the three I've looked at have the italic p that Wolff points out!
– Tim Pederick
yesterday
1
When I search WhatTheFont I find some similar fonts which have the right kind of italics - none of them are Times. I cropped the image and edited it first though.
– Wolff
yesterday
add a comment |
At first, I thought the most likely candidate was Linotype's Times, because it has the right style of percent sign and it's included with Apple operating systems. (Microsoft's Times New Roman is provided by Monotype.)
However, as you mentioned in comments, the book is from 1988, before "standard" fonts bundled with OS or office software really took over the typography world.
It does look like a Times, and there are other digitisations of the original 1930s metal type; Adobe's is another one with this style of percent sign. There are also related typefaces, like Plantin (here is MTI's Plantin).
However, none that I have found have both this percent sign and the distinctive italic forms seen here (like the p that Wolff pointed out in comments, and the swash v).
answered yesterday
Tim PederickTim Pederick
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Fantastic. Thank you. This is from a 1988 French book.
– syre
yesterday
1
I agree that it's very similar to some kind of Times. But the italics doesn't look like Times. Look at the p where the lines intersect. In the versions of Times I have access to there is a normal serif.
– Wolff
yesterday
1
@syre: Ah, well, if it's from 1988 then it could be anything! I only said Linotype's because I figured that a font included with a popular OS was likely... but that's only really true from about the 1990s. And none of the three I've looked at have the italic p that Wolff points out!
– Tim Pederick
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When I search WhatTheFont I find some similar fonts which have the right kind of italics - none of them are Times. I cropped the image and edited it first though.
– Wolff
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At first, I thought the most likely candidate was Linotype's Times, because it has the right style of percent sign and it's included with Apple operating systems. (Microsoft's Times New Roman is provided by Monotype.)
However, as you mentioned in comments, the book is from 1988, before "standard" fonts bundled with OS or office software really took over the typography world.
It does look like a Times, and there are other digitisations of the original 1930s metal type; Adobe's is another one with this style of percent sign. There are also related typefaces, like Plantin (here is MTI's Plantin).
However, none that I have found have both this percent sign and the distinctive italic forms seen here (like the p that Wolff pointed out in comments, and the swash v).
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At first, I thought the most likely candidate was Linotype's Times, because it has the right style of percent sign and it's included with Apple operating systems. (Microsoft's Times New Roman is provided by Monotype.)
However, as you mentioned in comments, the book is from 1988, before "standard" fonts bundled with OS or office software really took over the typography world.
It does look like a Times, and there are other digitisations of the original 1930s metal type; Adobe's is another one with this style of percent sign. There are also related typefaces, like Plantin (here is MTI's Plantin).
However, none that I have found have both this percent sign and the distinctive italic forms seen here (like the p that Wolff pointed out in comments, and the swash v).
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Fantastic. Thank you. This is from a 1988 French book.
– syre
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I agree that it's very similar to some kind of Times. But the italics doesn't look like Times. Look at the p where the lines intersect. In the versions of Times I have access to there is a normal serif.
– Wolff
yesterday
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@syre: Ah, well, if it's from 1988 then it could be anything! I only said Linotype's because I figured that a font included with a popular OS was likely... but that's only really true from about the 1990s. And none of the three I've looked at have the italic p that Wolff points out!
– Tim Pederick
yesterday
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When I search WhatTheFont I find some similar fonts which have the right kind of italics - none of them are Times. I cropped the image and edited it first though.
– Wolff
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Fantastic. Thank you. This is from a 1988 French book.
– syre
yesterday
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I agree that it's very similar to some kind of Times. But the italics doesn't look like Times. Look at the p where the lines intersect. In the versions of Times I have access to there is a normal serif.
– Wolff
yesterday
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@syre: Ah, well, if it's from 1988 then it could be anything! I only said Linotype's because I figured that a font included with a popular OS was likely... but that's only really true from about the 1990s. And none of the three I've looked at have the italic p that Wolff points out!
– Tim Pederick
yesterday
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When I search WhatTheFont I find some similar fonts which have the right kind of italics - none of them are Times. I cropped the image and edited it first though.
– Wolff
yesterday
Fantastic. Thank you. This is from a 1988 French book.
– syre
yesterday
Fantastic. Thank you. This is from a 1988 French book.
– syre
yesterday
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I agree that it's very similar to some kind of Times. But the italics doesn't look like Times. Look at the p where the lines intersect. In the versions of Times I have access to there is a normal serif.
– Wolff
yesterday
I agree that it's very similar to some kind of Times. But the italics doesn't look like Times. Look at the p where the lines intersect. In the versions of Times I have access to there is a normal serif.
– Wolff
yesterday
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@syre: Ah, well, if it's from 1988 then it could be anything! I only said Linotype's because I figured that a font included with a popular OS was likely... but that's only really true from about the 1990s. And none of the three I've looked at have the italic p that Wolff points out!
– Tim Pederick
yesterday
@syre: Ah, well, if it's from 1988 then it could be anything! I only said Linotype's because I figured that a font included with a popular OS was likely... but that's only really true from about the 1990s. And none of the three I've looked at have the italic p that Wolff points out!
– Tim Pederick
yesterday
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When I search WhatTheFont I find some similar fonts which have the right kind of italics - none of them are Times. I cropped the image and edited it first though.
– Wolff
yesterday
When I search WhatTheFont I find some similar fonts which have the right kind of italics - none of them are Times. I cropped the image and edited it first though.
– Wolff
yesterday
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The text is definitely Plantin, a precursor of Times, not Times itself. Additional clear differences from Times are the gap in the P and the slanted sides of the M. The percent sign is left unexplained because all Plantin samples I see have a disconnected percent. The tied percent in this book appears to be a substitution or customization.
If the percent style is the main feature you like and want to replicate, then you have various options that people have mentioned. If you care about all the other ways the book's typeface differs from Times, you will have to use Plantin.
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The text is definitely Plantin, a precursor of Times, not Times itself. Additional clear differences from Times are the gap in the P and the slanted sides of the M. The percent sign is left unexplained because all Plantin samples I see have a disconnected percent. The tied percent in this book appears to be a substitution or customization.
If the percent style is the main feature you like and want to replicate, then you have various options that people have mentioned. If you care about all the other ways the book's typeface differs from Times, you will have to use Plantin.
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The text is definitely Plantin, a precursor of Times, not Times itself. Additional clear differences from Times are the gap in the P and the slanted sides of the M. The percent sign is left unexplained because all Plantin samples I see have a disconnected percent. The tied percent in this book appears to be a substitution or customization.
If the percent style is the main feature you like and want to replicate, then you have various options that people have mentioned. If you care about all the other ways the book's typeface differs from Times, you will have to use Plantin.
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The text is definitely Plantin, a precursor of Times, not Times itself. Additional clear differences from Times are the gap in the P and the slanted sides of the M. The percent sign is left unexplained because all Plantin samples I see have a disconnected percent. The tied percent in this book appears to be a substitution or customization.
If the percent style is the main feature you like and want to replicate, then you have various options that people have mentioned. If you care about all the other ways the book's typeface differs from Times, you will have to use Plantin.
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This could be a Caslon. The following is a preview using William Caslon Text. This version is not a free font.
The body text could also be STIX Two Text. This is a free font.
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Neither of those comes close to matching all the detailed letter and number glyph shapes in the book, whereas Plantin does.
– nanoman
yesterday
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The e's alone rule this out.
– user207421
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This could be a Caslon. The following is a preview using William Caslon Text. This version is not a free font.
The body text could also be STIX Two Text. This is a free font.
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Neither of those comes close to matching all the detailed letter and number glyph shapes in the book, whereas Plantin does.
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The e's alone rule this out.
– user207421
22 hours ago
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This could be a Caslon. The following is a preview using William Caslon Text. This version is not a free font.
The body text could also be STIX Two Text. This is a free font.
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This could be a Caslon. The following is a preview using William Caslon Text. This version is not a free font.
The body text could also be STIX Two Text. This is a free font.
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Neither of those comes close to matching all the detailed letter and number glyph shapes in the book, whereas Plantin does.
– nanoman
yesterday
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The e's alone rule this out.
– user207421
22 hours ago
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Neither of those comes close to matching all the detailed letter and number glyph shapes in the book, whereas Plantin does.
– nanoman
yesterday
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The e's alone rule this out.
– user207421
22 hours ago
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Neither of those comes close to matching all the detailed letter and number glyph shapes in the book, whereas Plantin does.
– nanoman
yesterday
Neither of those comes close to matching all the detailed letter and number glyph shapes in the book, whereas Plantin does.
– nanoman
yesterday
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The e's alone rule this out.
– user207421
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The e's alone rule this out.
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simply click to any of the thousand web sites (example whatfontis.com ) where you upload an image, and it tells you what font it is.
– Fattie
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@Fattie: Sadly it's not always that simple. I tried it on OP's behalf with both WhatTheFont! and What Font Is. WhatTheFont! suggested a good match (Plantin Std Roman) as its top hit, but with the wrong percent style. What Font Is didn't even get close until I went a ways down the list to find CG Times Regular.
– Tim Pederick
yesterday
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Long shot, but check whether the book has a colophon that tells you what font it uses. You could also ask the publisher directly.
– DMPalmer
yesterday
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I’m surprised no one has quibbled about the phrase “which is similar or identical to Times New Roman, except for…”. To me, this Plantin-based typeface looks nothing like Times New Roman, except inasmuch as they are both serifs with a fairly tall x-height.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
19 hours ago
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@syre Yes, to the untrained eye, I’m sure it does – I was only surprised that none of the other regulars here had pointed out that the two are not considered particularly similar in general.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
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