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Posted by Traveliter on 01-07-2002 11:05 PM:

What font for "handspring" logo?

Does anyone know what font Handspring uses for its "handspring" logo?

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Posted by MarkEagle on 01-07-2002 11:39 PM:

The easy way would be to simply ask them... they might just tell you. A more round-about and time consuming way would be to research their trademark. The details should be specified in it.

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Posted by mensachicken on 01-07-2002 11:40 PM:

many companies hire someone to design a character set for their logo. they don't just write out the word handspring and then look at it in different fonts.

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Posted by homer on 01-08-2002 12:35 AM:

You do not necessarily have to spec your typeface in a trademark application.

As Mensa pointed out, most good logotypes are either modified or original typefaces.

That said, the best way to figure it out is:

http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

Where you just scan in the logo and upload an image and it tells you what it thinks it is. This is pretty cool technology, IMHO.

It's fairly accurate provided you have a large enough scan.

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Posted by dkessler on 01-08-2002 01:44 AM:

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Originally posted by homer
That said, the best way to figure it out is:

http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/



Actually, the best way to figure it out is read the Handspring Corporate Identity Guidelines document available on their website. According to that the logo font is "Gill Sans Condensed Regular". And if anyone's interested, "Janson Text" is the primary font and "Futura" is the secondary font used in Handspring's documents and packaging.

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Posted by miradu on 01-08-2002 02:36 AM:

Wow.. Whatthe FONT?!?! finds gil sans condensed ashe 2nd closet when giving this logo. http://handspring.com/company/press...eptable_web.jpg IMHO that is VERY good!

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