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    in Suggestions and Bug Reports
    Is there or plans to be a type/font identification category ?, as this was helpful back in the Typophile days. 

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      No, but there is this: http://fontid.co
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      See Rule 2.
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      Please no.
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      It wasn’t mainly to identify a font as such, it on a letterpress typeface named De-Little No. 51 if there was a digital version of it. 
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      edited June 2016
      @Luke Freeman -- http://typography.guru/forums/ has a type ID forum. Not a lot of activity but on a letterpress type you should be able to get an ID and other information.
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      Hello George,

      I know the name of the letterpress typeface it's De-Little No. 51. Here is the image, focus is on the Tall Condensed font headlining and ampers&

      Sorry if this discussion has become an ID discussion.
       
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      Really?
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      Sorry if comment seemed off topic. I did comment before saying ‘I knew the name of the typeface, did it exist as a digital version’. I wanted to post a discussion, on a typeface that was in Letterpress. I knew the name of the letterpress type used (it wouldn't be a case of identification) however would fall into that category. 

      If I wanted to discuss a typeface for insight that isn't my own, guess it's not welcome here I take it. 

      The comment above was an example. 


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      edited June 2016
      This still falls under the category of font identification. The Font ID site should help you even if it's looking for digital versions of analog type.
    • Posts: 1,746
      edited June 2016
      Luke, please understand that many of us here feel that Typophile was kind of ruined by its Type ID feature. I was guilty of encouraging it by my participation for a long time, but it ultimately became a source of distraction and noise for those who really just wanted to talk about type and type design.

      And fontid.co does a good job of handling that task.

      Mods: It might be worthwhile to include a link somewhere in the navigation column.
    • Posts: 2,044
      edited June 2016
      The (well, one :-) reason I got in trouble on Typophile was that I was actively fighting a group of "collectors" using font ID as a gateway drug of sorts to piracy; the admin even assigned somebody to keep an eye on me so I didn't "scare off newbies"... I'm very happy that's no temptation here (for them or me).
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      None whatsoever. Friendly conversations, no trolls...
    • Posts: 2,254
      edited June 2016
      It’s still possible to ask for typeface identification here, but the question has to be framed obliquely in a way that is interesting for type drawers to discuss, so it’s not just altruism for slackers looking for a quickie professional freebie.

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