Does anyone know the exact name of the typeface Leica uses on their printed material, ie. manuals, brochures...(i'm not refering to the Leica 'scripty' logotype). It looks close to a type face called Trade Gothic, but the cut is different on the numerals, etc...i have emailed this as a question to Leica's website but no answer. Any of you typographers/Leicaphiles now?? Thanks in advance,

-- sparkie (sparkie@mailcity.com), December 03, 2001

Answers

Hmmmm. It looks like plain old Helvetica (with ocasional bold or itallic variations) to me. (I'm looking at the printed catalog.) But, it might be one of the derived fonts, too.

-- Ralph Barker (rbarker@pacbell.net), December 03, 2001.

Resembles my typeface "Coronet", not italic, but bold, and the L up front would be extended (which I can't do here)
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-- Michael Kastner (kastner@zedat.fu-berlin.de), December 04, 2001.

Thanks for your responses Ralph/Michael. I got a reply from Leica UK today saying that: "Leica Camera AG had the special font designed for them. Its called CorpoS". So, if any of you want your name, etc..engraved on your top plates you can ask for this font to be Leica correct. Cheers,

-- sparkie (sparkie@mailcity.com), December 04, 2001.

* CORRECTION * RE: Typeface matching your camera & lens typeface. I looked on my Leica gear today and noticed they use a different typeface to their printed material compared to the typeface they etch/engrave onto the lenses and body. Regards,

-- sparkie (sparkie@mailcity.com), December 06, 2001.