What font is this?

[LeeTom]

Hello,
I'm wondering if any of you a savvy enough to figure out what font is used for the headlines on this page:
http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/

They say:
MORE THIS WEEK
NEW POSTS TO THE HOST!
and
TWO THOUSAND SIX?!


Thanks in advance!
Lee Tom

 

[mustard]

I think...

(edited)sorry I took a stab at it - its been so long since I was able to get one correct with out seeing the whole set

If you want to know the exact weight, type & foundry check out http://www.typophile.com/

They have an forum that people just ID type all day long it seems like and they are really quick to respond. Hopefully this helps

 

[Blue Velvet]

Definitely and absolutely not Gill Sans.

Looks like a fixed-width font

 

[iMeowbot]

It's a ringer for Interstate Bold

There's a freeware clone floating around called Blue highway, but it's a little off.

 

[LeeTom]

I put a post up at typophile. Thanks!
http://typophile.com/node/17083

 

[CanadaRAM]

Definitely and absolutely not Gill Sans.

Looks monospaced but isn't. It's one of a number of fonts that must be intentionally designed to be clunky and brutal. Some others are on the tip of my tongue, but I have recently completed a intensive programme of forgetting font names to make room in my brain for really essential things like Canadian Politics (not).

Interstate Bold looks a good match.

 

[iMeowbot]

It's one of a number of fonts that must be intentionally designed to be clunky and brutal.

They were trying for legible It's a clone of the type used on US highway signs (samples).

 

[jayscheuerle]

I've found this to be helpful when hunting down fonts:

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

(but not in this case!)

 

[CanadaRAM]

They were trying for legible It's a clone of the type used on US highway signs (samples).

Yeah -- where legibility is important in cases where it is viewed at 300 yards -- and the apparent type size is about 3 points.

Otta be a law against using these in print.

 

[jayscheuerle]

Yeah -- where legibility is important in cases where it is viewed at 300 yards -- and the apparent type size is about 3 points.

Otta be a law against using these in print.

One of my very favorite body fonts I use is Gotham, which is very similar, but with a great lower case.

It's a great, historical face.

 

[eyeon]

One of my very favorite body fonts I use is Gotham, which is very similar, but with a great lower case.

It's a great, historical face.

Damn that's a nice font... I really really wish it wasn't $300 though... I'd get it in a heartbeat.

 

[Sparky's]

I went through my entire catalog and found these that were close but no cigar.
AG-Old Face
Deices Engraved Caps (SSi)
Franklin Gothic
Hiero
Neuzeit Grotesque (URW)
News Gothic

They all looked good except for the way the center decender in the "M" comes to a point in the original.

 

[Sparky's]

It's a ringer for Interstate Bold

There's a freeware clone floating around called Blue highway, but it's a little off.

After more research I agree "Interstate" is it.

http://www.fontbureau.com/fonts/Interstate/charset

And as a side note here is the designer: http://www.fontbureau.com/people/TobiasFrere-Jones