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Mellotroniac
May 2, 2008, 3:16am Report to Moderator

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Have searched near and far for a font like is used on the Apple Records label. Yes all those black little letters. I've asked "too many people"(harhar) about it. Asking a professional font maker, he suggested Helvetica, though he saw variances from photo to photo. Helvetica is close, but no cigar. Indeed another said it was most likely a custom font, which I find quite likely. But I still want to come as close as possible. I'd like a consensus on the matter. Just google apple label or apple records and look in images if your lost on this. Another person said he wondered once too, and found that Arial set to Bold NOT Arial Bold came fairly close as well. I would like to employ some of you Beatle sleuths out there to "HELP ME!!!"(harhar lame) figure this one out. Asking DeviantArt folks if they could make a custom font like the Apple one only got my post removed,so no luck there. Its bugged me for a long,long,long time...So if your bored and want to help me out by matching fonts to photos I'd be happy. Why would any care so much about that silly font? Well, I'm eccentric for starters...


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Which font do you mean?


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The 2nd one, all those black letters on the split apple photo. Specifically the words "MAYBE TOMMORROW" and the underlying track listing, is the font I'm after.


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how did they come up with the T in Beatles being lower. or generally how'd they come up with the font at all?


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Quoted from PaulieBear
how did they come up with the T in Beatles being lower. or generally how'd they come up with the font at all?


See this article, PaulieBear:

http://www.beatlesuits.com/Beatlesuits_Saga7.htm


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thanks


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wow very cool. I never got that!


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I knew you'd like that.


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Quoted from Mellotroniac
The 2nd one, all those black letters on the split apple photo. Specifically the words "MAYBE TOMMORROW" and the underlying track listing, is the font I'm after.


Try Futura:


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Mellotroniac
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I greatly appreciate it BlueMeanie!


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there reallyy is always something new to find out about the beatles!
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And that's why I love them  


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Very interesting about how the dropped T logo came about, I had always wondered about that.
It's such a simple design but looks so great.
Thank you for the link Hello Goodbye!
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