# Can you tell me the name of this font? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 2, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-me-the-name-of-this-font/435927 "2008-02-02T00:26:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fromage\_A\_Trois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fromage\_A\_Trois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fromage_A_Trois)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-me-the-name-of-this-font/435927/1 "2008-02-02T00:26:12Z")
[Here it is](http://www.free-backgrounds.co.uk/Logo.jpg). Apologies for the poor quality scan, it’s from a letterhead of a company I’ve been asked to design a website for. They want this font used for their logo, but first I’ve got to find the font. Does anyone recognise it? What’s it called? ---
**Author:** ![Can\_Handle\_the\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Can\_Handle\_the\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Can_Handle_the_Truth)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-me-the-name-of-this-font/435927/2 "2008-02-02T01:41:48Z")
Looks like [Glowworm MN Compressed](http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/itfmecanorma/glowworm/) ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-me-the-name-of-this-font/435927/3 "2008-02-02T09:24:49Z")
This site may be of help. [Identifont](http://www.identifont.com/) ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-me-the-name-of-this-font/435927/4 "2008-02-02T09:32:30Z")
Yes, Glowworm shows up in the list of possibles there after you’ve been through the identification process. I’m sure **Can Handle The Truth** hit the nail square on the head. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-me-the-name-of-this-font/435927/5 "2008-02-02T09:45:18Z")
Glowworm is very close, but the ‘e’ isn’t right. My run through Identifont pointed to Frankfurter Medium, but that isn’t right either. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-me-the-name-of-this-font/435927/6 "2008-02-02T11:09:17Z")
Searching for fonts similar to Glowworm in Identifont, Arbuckle Bright looks to be a possibility. Not exactly right though. ---
**Author:** ![Can\_Handle\_the\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Can\_Handle\_the\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Can_Handle_the_Truth)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-me-the-name-of-this-font/435927/7 "2008-02-02T12:09:11Z")
[QUOTE=Usram] Glowworm is very close, but the ‘e’ isn’t right. My run through Identifont pointed to Frankfurter Medium, but that isn’t right either. [/QUOTE] [No, it’s exactly right](http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2580/glowwormcv3.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-me-the-name-of-this-font/435927/8 "2008-02-02T12:48:07Z")
Ah, sorry, I should have paid attention to what you said. I was looking at Glowworm, not Glowworm Compressed. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-me-the-name-of-this-font/435927/9 "2008-02-02T14:55:03Z")
Just a minor nitpick, but the OP’s sample looks a bit _more_ compressed than Glowworm Compressed, but it’s closer than anything I found. ---
**Author:** ![Fromage\_A\_Trois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fromage\_A\_Trois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fromage_A_Trois)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-me-the-name-of-this-font/435927/10 "2008-02-02T22:14:55Z")
Wow, thanks guys. I’d never heard of Identifont, it’s a pretty useful tool (although it did give me Broadway Engraved when I tried - I must’ve done something wrong. I’m off to get Glowworm Compressed now! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-me-the-name-of-this-font/435927/11 "2008-02-03T04:22:31Z")
If you have to precisely match the type in your sample, you have to start out with regular Glowworm, and compress it, rather than using the Glowworm Compressed font. Notice how the horizontal strokes are heavier than the vertical. That means the font wasn’t originally drawn that way. If you want to improve on their logo you should use Glowworm Compressed. All the strokes are the same thickness, which is the way it should be. There’s nothing worse than an amateurish logo.