# Help me figure out what font this is? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 11, 2006, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-font-this-is/383624 "2006-12-11T00:36:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-font-this-is/383624/1 "2006-12-11T00:36:16Z")
[Can anyone tell me what font this is?](http://pics.livejournal.com/opalcat/pic/0007r5de) Or failing that, name a font that is at least fairly close? None of the fonts I have are very similar… they either have too much serif or none… this has sort of stubby, rounded serifs. Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-font-this-is/383624/2 "2006-12-11T01:00:23Z")
Try [WhatTheFont](http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/) ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-font-this-is/383624/3 "2006-12-11T01:03:20Z")
[WhatTheFont](http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/) says [Cheltenham Bold Condensed](http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/bitstream/cheltenham/bold-condensed/) is the best match, although there are several differences (serifs not as rounded, “e” has a straight crossbar rather than curved, letters overall aren’t as curved). I wasn’t happy with that answer, so I used [identifont](http://www.identifont.com/), which came up with what I think is the correct answer. I think your font is a horizontally-condensed version of [ITC Souvenir](http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/itc-souvenir/). ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-font-this-is/383624/4 "2006-12-11T01:32:04Z")
Thank you Garfield! I think you are right (I’d already tried What the Font without success). I hadn’t heard of the identifont thing before. _bookmarking_ ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-font-this-is/383624/5 "2006-12-11T03:37:58Z")
Souvenir bold condensed (or maybe Souvenir demi condensed), and that’s a great site for those of us who frequently have to do font-matching. I’ve bookmarked it too. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2006, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-font-this-is/383624/6 "2006-12-11T22:32:17Z")
Yes. The Souvenir family was used to death during the '70s, not so much anymore. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-font-this-is/383624/7 "2006-12-11T23:09:27Z")
I looked for it online and it was about $22 everywhere I looked. I couldn’t charge the client for it because this website was a silent auction item that I’d donated and so the cost would be out of pocket. Then I thought “hmmm… I have a few computers here, one of the might have it…” and it turns out that my rebuilt Dell (which had a bunch of software and stuff from the previous pre-rebuild owner still on it) had the font! WOOHOO! I mean hell I only need it to type three words. ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-font-this-is/383624/8 "2006-12-12T18:44:58Z")
[QUOTE=astro] Try [WhatTheFont](http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/) [/QUOTE] This is one handy dandy service. What will they think of next? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-font-this-is/383624/9 "2006-12-12T20:35:58Z")
It is handy if/when it works. I’ve used it a handful of times in the past and I don’t think it’s ever correctly identified the font.