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What is the typeface used on Apple Keyboards?
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zerografix
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May 26, 2004, 03:22 PM
 
What is the typeface used on Apple Keyboards?
     
art_director
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May 26, 2004, 04:19 PM
 
Originally posted by zerografix:
What is the typeface used on Apple Keyboards?

old or new keyboards?
     
zerografix  (op)
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May 26, 2004, 04:39 PM
 
new keyboards
     
euchomai
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May 29, 2004, 02:37 AM
 
I believe it is futura, it is 99.9% the same font set in my opinion.
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May 30, 2004, 11:58 AM
 
Originally posted by euchomai:
I believe it is futura, it is 99.9% the same font set in my opinion.

you are correct, it's a customized futura.
     
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May 30, 2004, 12:54 PM
 
Not so. It's like Futura, I suppose, but it is in fact VAG Rounded (or "Rundschrift," for you purists out there). Adobe sells it at this page.
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Jun 1, 2004, 10:39 AM
 
Originally posted by AWShuttleworth:
Not so. It's like Futura, I suppose, but it is in fact VAG Rounded (or "Rundschrift," for you purists out there). Adobe sells it at this page.

you're right, it is vag rounded but it is a modified version. look closely and you'll see the subtle differences.
     
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Jun 2, 2004, 01:56 AM
 
I love that face.
     
   
 
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