# Help me identify this danged font! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 13, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-danged-font/546601 "2010-07-13T22:44:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Seventh_Deadly_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-danged-font/546601/1 "2010-07-13T22:44:05Z")
I’m not a professional designer; I’m doing a favor for a friend because… hmm, why _am_ I doing this? I guess because I (sort of) know how to use a few Adobe products and I’m not good at saying no. 😃 The font I’m trying to ID is [here](http://herbresearch.com/). It’s his logo font, at the top where it says “HerbResearch.” I’m trying to help him make some business cards, which involves rendering that messy, low-contrast logo into crisp black-and-white, and I think it’ll be easier to just start over than to try to work from the existing image. So, anybody know what the font is called? ---
**Author:** ![BorgHunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@BorgHunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BorgHunter)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-danged-font/546601/2 "2010-07-13T22:58:03Z")
Looks like [Kabel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabel_%28typeface%29) to me. ---
**Author:** ![UncaStuart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncastuart/32/404_2.png) [@UncaStuart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncaStuart)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-danged-font/546601/3 "2010-07-14T01:15:57Z")
> [@BorgHunter](#): > > Looks like [Kabel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabel_%28typeface%29) to me. I agree, going by the lower case b and the diamond-shaped tittle of the i. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Seventh_Deadly_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-danged-font/546601/4 "2010-07-14T01:23:32Z")
Thanks. I went with Kabel (which I already had, thank God, though not installed).I had to massage the ascender height quite a bit—Kabel’s ascenders are a lot taller than in this logo. Also had to monkey with the proportions of the capital H. I lived to brag about it though. Thanks again, **Borg** and **Unca** ; you saved me about 5 hours of frustration. (Or at least an awkward moment that would have ensued if I’d just told my friend to ram it.) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-danged-font/546601/5 "2010-07-14T01:25:39Z")
While you’re chatting with him, can you ask what is the meaning of this? > [@](#): > > HerbResearch will NOT ship kratom to Australia, Malaysia, or Thailand! I was about to order some kratom for a friend in Subang Jaya but I’m not going to bother now. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-danged-font/546601/6 "2010-07-14T02:35:37Z")
Wikipeeeeedia to the rescue! “Kratom is a controlled substance in **Thailand** , Bhutan, **Australia** , Finland, Denmark, Poland, Lithuania, **Malaysia** and Myanmar.” ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-danged-font/546601/7 "2010-07-14T04:22:05Z")
I can confirm it’s considered and treated as an illegal narcotic in Thailand. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Piranha\_Brothers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@The\_Piranha\_Brothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Piranha_Brothers)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-danged-font/546601/8 "2010-07-14T09:02:46Z")
As for the font, [www.whatthefont.com](http://www.whatthefont.com) will _sometimes_ help you out.