# I need help identifying this font...

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 28, 2005, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-identifying-this-font/305841 "2005-05-28T01:09:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2005, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-identifying-this-font/305841/1 "2005-05-28T01:09:17Z")

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…perhaps someone might know the name off the top of thier head. It’s not uncommon, and I’ve seen this font uses on many things from the 1940s-early 50s, such as print ads, a Ray Conniff album, magazine text, etc.

[Click the album cover for a big version of what I mean](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/artist/glance/-/82231/002-6701318-2224820)

It looks a bit…off, to me, for italic Times New Roman. Anyone know? I like the classic look of this font…

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**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-identifying-this-font/305841/2 "2005-05-28T01:40:42Z")

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Looks like [Century Expanded Italic](http://www.fontpool.com/fonts/bitstream/century_expanded.html) to me.

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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2005, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-identifying-this-font/305841/3 "2005-05-28T02:02:48Z")

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You might try the [WhatTheFont](http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/) website, which can automatically identify fonts from image files.

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**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-identifying-this-font/305841/4 "2005-05-28T02:33:36Z")

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That looks like it, thank-you, and thanks so much for the link! I have that question every so often actually.