# What's the name of this font? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 3, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-font/545452 "2010-07-03T19:50:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-font/545452/1 "2010-07-03T19:50:17Z")
Last month, my family and I were on vacation in Florida, and we went to [Mote Marine](http://www.mote.org/index.php?src=) in Sarasota (pretty good, by the way, and we also did a bunch of other stuff, including a sailing class for me and DisneyWorld for my wife and daughter-a good time was had by all, but that’s not the point. 🙂 ). There I saw [this](http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m384/Caitlin1998/IMG_0825.jpg) sign. To try to shorten the story, I remember first seeing this type of font in the early-mid 90s, then it seemed to fade, and now I’m seeing it more often. I don’t know what to call it, so googling is no help. Can anyone please enlighten me? What do you call it? I’d check Wiki, or Google, or burn an offering to all the (fictional) gods for more info, but I don’t know what to look for when searching. My curiosity’s been driving me crazy for nearly 20 years. Thanks everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-font/545452/2 "2010-07-03T19:57:39Z")
[Tekton](http://www.identifont.com/show?WI). ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-font/545452/3 "2010-07-03T19:57:46Z")
It looks like Tekton, or some variant. ETA- to slow on the virtual keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-font/545452/4 "2010-07-03T20:42:48Z")
It’s not Comic Sans, but it is related in that it’s intended to resemble hand lettering. Specifically, Tekton is intended to resemble architectural hand lettering as found on hand-drawn plans. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-font/545452/5 "2010-07-03T21:48:23Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > It’s not Comic Sans, but it is related in that it’s intended to resemble hand lettering. Specifically, Tekton is intended to resemble architectural hand lettering as found on hand-drawn plans. And it beats the hell out of me why architects still use this. It can be verify difficult to read at times. I spend a lot of time looking at architectural plans, and it often drives me crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-font/545452/6 "2010-07-03T21:59:21Z")
I knew I could count on the Dope. Thanks very much. By the link, it was created in 1990, which explains its popularity in the period I first saw it, from about 1992-95. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-font/545452/7 "2010-07-05T02:30:55Z")
> [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](#): > > By the link, it was created in 1990, which explains its popularity in the period I first saw it, from about 1992-95. When I clicked on it, it looked like something straight out of the credits to “Saved by the Bell,” which I guess dates both the sign and me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-font/545452/8 "2010-07-05T11:18:28Z")
I ran across [this](http://www.identifont.com/) on Gizmo’s a couple days ago for finding your font name. This comes up enough around here that I’m mentioning it. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-font/545452/9 "2010-07-05T17:21:29Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > I ran across [this](http://www.identifont.com/) on Gizmo’s a couple days ago for finding your font name. This comes up enough around here that I’m mentioning it. That’s the site I use for the purpose, and was going to mention it, but you beat me to it.