# What font is this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 1, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-font-is-this/573027 "2011-03-01T04:09:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CheeseDonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-font-is-this/573027/1 "2011-03-01T04:09:02Z")
[![](http://tinypic.com/images/goodbye.jpg) ](http://tinypic.com/images/goodbye.jpg) Sorry for the small sample size… Thanks for the help. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-font-is-this/573027/2 "2011-03-01T04:17:06Z")
Try looking [here](http://new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/) or [here](http://www.identifont.com/). ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-font-is-this/573027/3 "2011-03-01T04:18:39Z")
It looks pretty close to [Lucida Grande](http://www.identifont.com/list?3+Syntax+19+WE+7+H0U+4+H6L+4+4Q5+4+299+4+3ZF+4+MJ1+3+KGS+3+73L+2+C4F+2+BVS+2+BVD+2+BK0+2+L6+2+QY+2+LQ+2+8QQ+2+7ER+2+6GH+2+63U+2+MLH+2+29YU+2+23IS+2+NFD+2+LWN+2+L6L+2+GTL+2+9E0+2). ---
**Author:** ![CheeseDonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-font-is-this/573027/4 "2011-03-01T04:19:51Z")
Identifont failed me - it gave me the wrong font. In response to the other comment, I thought it might be a Lucida font as well, but it looked just a tad off. That’s the closest I have gotten so far though. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-font-is-this/573027/5 "2011-03-01T04:21:13Z")
I tried to use Identifont and got Abadi. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-font-is-this/573027/6 "2011-03-01T04:46:13Z")
> [@CheeseDonkey](#): > > Identifont failed me - it gave me the wrong font. > > In response to the other comment, I thought it might be a Lucida font as well, but it looked just a tad off. That’s the closest I have gotten so far though. Thanks! Yeah, it’s pretty darned close, though. The only thing that seems off to me is the lowercase “a” and “r” are every-so-slightly different. Everything else looks pretty spot on to me. I overlapped them in Photoshop, and those were the only differences I could see–very, very slight. I think it has to be some flavor of Lucida. ---
**Author:** ![desert29rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@desert29rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/desert29rat)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-font-is-this/573027/7 "2011-03-03T03:29:38Z")
Lucida Sans Unicode looks like a dead match to me. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-font-is-this/573027/8 "2011-03-04T10:04:35Z")
> [@desert29rat](#): > > Lucida Sans Unicode looks like a dead match to me. I concur. Look: traCTor ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-font-is-this/573027/9 "2011-03-04T10:49:39Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I concur. Look: > traCTor Whether or not the message you posted looks anything like the OP’s sample depends on your operating system having the Lucida Sans Unicode font installed. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-font-is-this/573027/10 "2011-03-04T11:15:22Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > Whether or not the message you posted looks anything like the OP’s sample depends on your operating system having the Lucida Sans Unicode font installed. True, but it’s a standard Windows font. (I also thought it was a standard Web font, but it seems Macs use Lucida Grand instead.) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-font-is-this/573027/11 "2011-03-04T17:05:24Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > True, but it’s a standard Windows font. (I also thought it was a standard Web font, but it seems Macs use Lucida Grand instead.) Yeah, it shows up as some sort of serifed font on my Mac, not the Lucida Grande or any other flavor of Lucida. ---
**Author:** ![CheeseDonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-font-is-this/573027/12 "2011-03-05T03:08:54Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I concur. Look: > traCTor That’s a dead ringer if I do say so myself.