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Traveliter
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What font for "handspring" logo?

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

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01-07-2002 11:05 PM

MarkEagle
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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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01-07-2002 11:39 PM

mensachicken
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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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01-07-2002 11:40 PM

homer
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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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01-08-2002 12:35 AM

dkessler
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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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01-08-2002 01:44 AM

miradu
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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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01-08-2002 02:36 AM

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