Revealing The Secrets – Fonts Of Famous Logos
written by Zoran StosicIf you ever wonder what font is used in Google or IBM or Ferrari logo you come to the right place. You’ve seen these fonts so many times and now it’s time get to know their names and their authors.
Ferro Rosso
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Catull Regular
Gorilazz 2
Apple Garamond
English Towne Normal
Heineken
Swach it
Sickness
ITC Avant Garde Gothic Medium
Verdana Bold Italic
Men In Blue
Didot Headline
Marlboro Regular
PanAm Text Capss
Lubalin Graph Bold
Humanist Slabserif 712 Black
Walter
Bauer
Metal Lord
Arial Rounded Bold
29 Comments
ADD COMMENTiMatt says:
February 8, 2010Interesting post! Thank you for sharing..
Richie says:
February 8, 2010Very cool. I wonder how many of them are free fonts. Also, I’m amazed why nobody used Helvetica. :)
vik says:
February 8, 2010I love the Lubalin Graph font!
Antonio says:
February 9, 2010this is amazing!
Zeemp says:
February 11, 2010Great idea! I am writing a similar post about what the great brands logos have in common. :)I will use yours as one of the resources. Thanks!
Erik says:
February 14, 2010Any idea what the Font is Volvo uses or created?
Zoran Stosic says:
February 14, 2010I think that might be a Egyptian Regular. Please check on: http://www.fontyukle.com/en/Egyptian+Regular.ttf
Reb says:
February 15, 2010Great stuff …interesting!
I’ve always wondered which font this is: http://media.downy.com/images/common/logo.png but noone has been able to tell…
Zoran Stosic says:
February 15, 2010I am not to be able to give you right answer but maybe you can try to some futher searching starting from here: http://www.vector-logos.com/logo-en-21237.html or
http://www.fontshop.com/blog/newsletters/sep2006_a/
cchana says:
February 15, 2010always nice to know how designers have made use of existing or common fonts. had no idea paypal used a common font face
Vaibhav | Programming Kid says:
February 15, 2010PayPal uses Verdana – Bold + Italic
Thats amusing!
Namit Gupta says:
February 15, 2010I Always wanted to know the fonts behind these big names. An informative article, thanks for sharing.
Web Design Kent says:
February 15, 2010Really interesting and often with these big companies they might tweak the branding but the font remains
Pammu says:
February 16, 2010Thanks for the posting. May I know where can I find CANON font?
Thanks in advance.
Zoran Stosic says:
February 16, 2010Canon font name is Denda New and it was designed by Fred Smeijers. More about the font in his book “Type Now” (http://www.hyphenpress.co.uk/books/978-0-907259-24-4).
“Denda – A contemporary sanserif initiated in 2000 by TBWA\Designers Company for their redesign of Canon Europe packaging. This typeface comes in four weights, in roman and matching italics: for use by Canon Europe in general publicity, manuals, and packaging. It is a custom-made design, not publicly available.”
Teresa says:
February 16, 2010Agreeing with Richie, there’d have to be some Helvetica out there?
Nice idea Zoren, it’ll be great if it you keep going.
Daniso says:
February 16, 2010What about the fonts for Newsweek and Time Magazine?
Zoran Stosic says:
February 16, 2010Newsweek logo font is GeoSlab703 XBd BT Extra Bold:
http://www.fontyukle.com/en/GeoSlab703+XBd+BT+Extra+Bold.ttf
Time Magazine logo font is Wellsbrook Initials SG-Heavy:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/spiecegraphics/wellsbrook-initials-sg/heavy
Flow says:
February 16, 2010psd tuts? what does this ‘brand’ do in this list?
Andrej says:
February 16, 2010Great post. Thanks. It’s would be intersting to see more examples.
M!lan says:
February 16, 2010Nice idea. Maybe POLITIKA font from front page and politka new font for type write paper?! Tnx
M!lan says:
February 16, 2010Also, mybe HOLSTEN, TUBORG, etc?
Manisha M says:
February 17, 2010I can’t thank you enough for this list. This is the best list ever! I’ve been scouring the net looking for some of them..
Andrew Butler says:
March 24, 2010Neat idea for a post. Garamond in it’s various forms has to be an all-time achievement: to be part of the beginning and still be alive and kicking many centuries on.
myspace, arial rounded bold! We all know the story to arial, Although I have regularly used it for windows based PowerPoints to see it used like this leaves a slightly uncomfortable feeling. I would like to see the designer pitching the idea to the customer…
However a great way of showing the power of a typeface to communicate.
Silver says:
June 7, 2010Any ideas on the mars bar font??
Ellen says:
July 4, 2010Do you happen to know what font is parents magazine?
Also I downloaded some fonts (loki-cola and the I dream of Jeannie font) from some site and can never get them to work. I put them in the folder with the existing fonts in my computer. I guess they’re not installed properly. I don’t know if you can help me with this one.
Las Vegas Web Design says:
August 5, 2010All from the best fonts! Very interesting! Las Vegas Web Design
Zach Zurn says:
October 1, 2010Great list. I just started a site dedicated to listing the fonts of famous logos.
Manik says:
October 13, 2010Nice collection. All fonts are awesome but I like the Ferro Rosso and Metal Lord fonts most.
Thanks for the post. Its really interesting.