# Identify this font

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 1, 2000, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-font/43573 "2000-12-01T14:22:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-font/43573/1 "2000-12-01T14:22:22Z")

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Can anyone identify the font used for the title (at the bottom) of this New Order album cover?

[http://covers3.virtualave.net/n/neworder/neworder02l.jpg](http://covers3.virtualave.net/n/neworder/neworder02l.jpg)

I’ve seen it on other products and adverts, but unfortunately I couldn’t find examples of them.

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**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-font/43573/2 "2000-12-01T14:38:49Z")

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Have you tried looking at the sites of font houses?

There’s [http://www.monotype.com](http://www.monotype.com) and [http://www.adobe.com/type/main.html](http://www.adobe.com/type/main.html)

You can sort for fonts by type at the Adobe type library. I looked under sans serif fonts, but the only preview characters were A and a. I wasn’t going to click on every single one that I though might be the one. I’m not _that_ helpful.

I also had a quick flick thorough a catalogue of fonts that come with Corel Gallery but I can’t see your font there.

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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-font/43573/3 "2000-12-01T14:41:28Z")

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Thanks **Tansu**. I’ve tried browsing the catalogues briefly but I’m hoping someone recognises it as I really don’t feel like spending hours combing through them!

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**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-font/43573/4 "2000-12-02T03:33:09Z")

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mattk–

Although the sample on the album cover doesn’t have enough different characters in it to make a thorough comparison, I’m pretty sure that it’s the typeface Barmeno. [This](http://www.bertholdtypes.com/adobe_lib/080273000.html) is the best online sample of it I could find.

I’ve seen it in print ads too, namely Ernst & Young’s. They use the Bold version of Barmeno, a good sample of which can be found [here](http://home.t-online.de/home/danwerbe/1056.htm).

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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-font/43573/5 "2000-12-02T13:40:07Z")

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**AudreyK** , you’re a star! That’s exactly the one!