Font Wonks: lend me your eyes and brains

[Hitch]

Hi, gang:

Ok, I'm on a quest. This is not to find a free font replacement, or anything like that; it's simply to FIND. THIS. FONT. I have spent over 10 hours looking. I've tried everything, from Identifont to you-name-it. I've looked at every sans serif and monospaced font at Ascender, and I've been through almost everything at Adobe.

I'm attaching an image of it. This is not IN the font on that webpage, trust me. It's a sprite, damn them. I want this font for the elegance of the lines. Look at that "G" in Guy; it's lovely. I'd really like to find this.

Yes, it has occurred to me that it's custom-made; that someone took something like Gill Sans or one of the others and modified it, but...the sleekness of the upswing on that G doesn't feel like a hacked/modded font. it feels like a font made by a real foundry.

Here's a list of what it ISN'T:

1. Futura Complete'
2. Museo Sans
3. News Gothic Extended
4. Report Font Family
5. Endurance Pro Complete
6. Gill Sans Complete
7. Avenir Next Complete
8. Neue Helvetica

Here's a list of close, but no cigar:

1. Polarband Family (by Typodermic, FRONT is my current choice if real font is not found);
2. Astoria Complete
3. Camphor 1
4. Linotype Brewery Complete
5. Mahsuri Sans
6. Neuzeit Office Soft Rounded, and,
7. Skirt by Typodermic

At the moment, I'm closest, IIRC, to using either Skirt Light or Polarband. I don't remember quite clearly, because I compiled that list at 4:00 a.m., after about...6 hours straight of looking at fonts, after 4 hours earlier in the day.

Anyone recognize it? I'm asking here because it occurs to me that this might be a typeface not that common in the US, but perhaps more common in Europe. (It supports the breve e, and the website upon which I found it has a European base).

Help greatly appreciated.

Hitch

[kacir]

Originally Posted by Hitch

it's simply to FIND. THIS. FONT.
I'm attaching an image of it. This is not IN the font on that webpage, trust me. It's a sprite, damn them.

give us the address of the page if you can.

[theducks]

Have you posted your query to alt.binaries.fonts on USENET?
There are a lot of types of these questions there.

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by kacir

give us the address of the page if you can.

Sure. It's www.absinthes.com, in the drop-down menus. As the images are named "deroulant," I suspect the site has a French root. But I've been all over it; everything from the CSS to the Sprite (the word-images, GUY, etc., are not actually in the sprite, they are individual images, e.g., http://www.absinthes.com/css/images/..._deroulant.jpg ), but I've tried identifont with the URL's and no joy.

The font seems to ONLY be used in those specific menu images; it is not to be found anywhere in the CSS nor the HTML, as far as I can tell. It feels like a Typodermic (or possibly a Red Rooster foundry) font, but so far, nothing.

Thanks,
Hitch

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by theducks

Have you posted your query to alt.binaries.fonts on USENET?
There are a lot of types of these questions there.

Hi, Ducks:

Nope--hadn't even thought of it. Hell, I haven't posted to an ng in dog's years. I'll have to go rummaging, thanks.

Hitch

[theducks]

geometric 231 ('cable') has a G that is close (not quite as wide)

The G has distinct features

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by theducks

geometric 231 ('cable') has a G that is close (not quite as wide)

The G has distinct features

Hey, Ducks:

Yeah, but it's a bit too strong. The W crosses, and the e, etc., have diagonal, not straight strokes. But thanks!

Hitch

[Fbone]

You can contact the website and ask. The legal notice page has email and phone number.

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by Fbone

You can contact the website and ask. The legal notice page has email and phone number.

Yes, well, I'll try to reach them tonight; they're about 8 hours ahead of me right now.

In the interim: man, I've never had such a time finding a font!!!

It makes me ponder if it is a custom hand-lettering job.

Hitch

[Gazella]

Have you tried posting it here?

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

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by Gazella

Have you tried posting it here?

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

Yes. No replies. And used Identifont, to no avail. I seriously tried everything I know, before sucking up MR'ers time. Thanks, though!

I've written to the web designer. We'll see. I still think it might be a custom-lettered font.

Hitch

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Hitch

Yes. No replies. And used Identifont, to no avail. I seriously tried everything I know, before sucking up MR'ers time. Thanks, though!

I've written to the web designer. We'll see. I still think it might be a custom-lettered font.

Hitch

@Hitch
Don't worry about sucking up (us) MR'ers time.

Challenges like this can be FUN (for us)
besides, we owe you for all the professional insight

[Gazella]

Yes I'm interested as well because I've never seen this font before.

[Hitch]

Gang:

http://26plus-zeichen.de/fonts/edelsans/

There 'tis. Thanks much to all of you who helped.

Hitch

[Gazella]

Glad you finally found it, Hitch!