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[Darth_Mop]

Hi,
Does somebody know which font has been used for the old British Landor C/S?

[Janu]

I do believe it's not an 'off the shelf' font but one stylised for BA. There are probably a whole pile that are 'close'... just a matter of finding one. Mylius is the current BA font and is custom designed for them. I personally found the closest free fonts for the Landor lettering style were Optima bold or Zapf Humanist.




http://logos.wikia.c...British_Airways

Edited by Janu, 24 October 2010 - 04:05 PM.

[-Dexter]

http://new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

[Darth_Mop]

actually I need the font since I want to paint a British Asia Airways B744, so the BA Landor logo wouldnt be enough

[-Dexter]

Bozo, on Oct 24 2010, 05:19 PM, said:

actually I need the font since I want to paint a British Asia Airways B744, so the BA Landor logo wouldnt be enough

The font is likely an original design. Do you really think British Airways goes online and finds an openly available font to represent their multi-billion dollar company?

[Darth_Mop]

no clue, but I need those titles to paint the aircraft?

[-Dexter]

Bozo, on Oct 24 2010, 08:22 PM, said:

no clue, but I need those titles to paint the aircraft?

Couldn't you just use the logo?

Here it is, alpha-blended: http://imgur.com/z3z96.png

[tropicalfish]

http://www.brandsoft.....itish airways

[Darth_Mop]

thanks guys but I was talking about this one:
http://meltingpot.fo...b747/baa-dl.jpg

[learjet45dream]

Bozo, on Oct 24 2010, 06:33 PM, said:

thanks guys but I was talking about this one:
http://meltingpot.fo...b747/baa-dl.jpg

Doesn't work.

[Darth_Mop]

http://www.google.de...a...l=de&tab=wi

[Santa]

It is the same font they use today; it is called "myriad" and it isn't free. It is a completely custom font designed for BA.

[Darth_Mop]

nope it's not the same...

[Santa]

Sorry I mean "Mylius". Easy mistake.

[-Dexter]

You may want to look at Optima Demi: http://www.fonts.com....htm?pid=202795

It is similar.

[Chief_Bean]

Steve_Jobs, on Oct 25 2010, 03:55 PM, said:

It is the same font they use today; it is called "myriad" and it isn't free. It is a completely custom font designed for BA.

The Landor and current font have some quite clear differences

[Santa]

Steve_Jobs, on Oct 26 2010, 12:49 AM, said:

Sorry I mean "Mylius". Easy mistake.

Chief_Bean, on Oct 26 2010, 01:10 AM, said:

The Landor and current font have some quite clear differences

I corrected myself just before you posted.  

[Chief_Bean]

Steve_Jobs, on Oct 26 2010, 11:37 AM, said:

I corrected myself just before you posted.  

Mylius is the current font. The Landor font isn't Mylius.

Your correction was unrelated to the point I was making

[Santa]

Chief_Bean, on Oct 26 2010, 11:40 AM, said:

Mylius is the current font. The Landor font isn't Mylius.

Your correction was unrelated to the point I was making

It is very similar to Mylius. Looks like a thinner version.

[Cactus]

I hear this from aircraft painters all the time. In the vast majority of cases, companies have their own unique font and style designed for their own exclusive marketing use.