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Title: Name That Tune Dennis James
Post by: GSRebich on October 20, 2020, 04:49:41 PM

Does anyone know the name of the font used in the Melody Roulette on the Dennis James version of "Name That Tune"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INf5oi2kIeE&t=615s

Title: Re: Name That Tune Dennis James
Post by: mystery7 on October 20, 2020, 07:24:15 PM

I don't believe that's a typeface. I think it was hand-painted, or applied from homemade stencils.

Title: Re: Name That Tune Dennis James
Post by: curtking on October 21, 2020, 04:36:42 AM

FWIW, there's a couple of close ones that WhatTheFont identifies:

https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/gatf/belhampton/regular/ (https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/gatf/belhampton/regular/)

https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/redrooster/caslon-rr-extra-condensed/bold/ (https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/redrooster/caslon-rr-extra-condensed/bold/)

Title: Re: Name That Tune Dennis James
Post by: calliaume on October 21, 2020, 03:42:22 PM

Quote from: mystery7 on October 20, 2020, 07:24:15 PM

I don't believe that's a typeface. I think it was hand-painted, or applied from homemade stencils.

After spending more time than I should have on this, I'm inclined to agree. I looked through Google's font lists, and there wasn't an exact match.

https://fonts.google.com/?category=Serif&preview.text=$20%20%20$50%20%20$100%20%20$200%20%20$500%20%20$1,000&preview.text_type=custom (https://fonts.google.com/?category=Serif&preview.text=$20%20%20$50%20%20$100%20%20$200%20%20$500%20%20$1,000&preview.text_type=custom)