Font used by LDS church

[MaritaM]

I believe that it most closely resembles Optima or Oracle fonts. It's
been several years since I've seen LDS typeface, but I seem to recall that
one of those faces was close.

[Peter B. Yorke]

Does anyone know what the name of the font used by the LDS (Mormon)
church for their logo, and where I could get a copy to use in Windows?

PeterB

[DickWeltz]

>>Does anyone know what the name of the font used by the LDS (Mormon)
church for their logo, and where I could get a copy to use in Windows?

My experience with the LDS printing operation (some years ago) is that
they often create their own fonts, logos, etc. and -- because of their
tax-exempt status -- are VERY careful not to sell or otherwise release
same for others to use. I couldn't even get them to give me some special
fonts free, even when I promised a donation. Maybe things have changed.
You might wish to contact them directly.

-- Dick Weltz, Spectrum Multilanguage Communications, NYC
America's leading foreign language typesetters
<Dick...@aol.com>

[Rich Wales]

yo...@netcom.com (Peter B. Yorke) wrote in soc.roots:

Does anyone know what the name of the font used by the
LDS (Mormon) church for their logo, and where I could
get a copy to use in Windows?

To the best of my recollection, the lettering in the LDS Church logo
is based on a type style called Baker Signet.

Church guidelines on the logo, BTW -- unless they've changed recently
-- state that the logo should be reproduced as a complete unit from an
official master, and should not be typeset from scratch. I assume this
is because the exact font used is rare (or proprietary), and/or because
minor variations in the letter shapes and spacing probably would not be
reproduced properly.

The LDS Church uses Palatino these days in most of its publications.

--
Rich Wales <ri...@mks.com>
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada