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Nick

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Feb 3, 2006, 6:23:18 PM2/3/06
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Hi,
somebody knows were to find the true type fonts of the Callaway Golf brand?
Tanks!

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Character

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Feb 3, 2006, 8:15:05 PM2/3/06
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Nick wrote:

As far as I know, the Callaway logo is custom designed, and was not based on any
particular typeface. Various letters have similarities to any number of
calligraphic blackletter faces, but I've seen none that have any identical
characters, and none where all of the letters are similar.

- Charctger

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Nick

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Feb 4, 2006, 7:00:34 AM2/4/06
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Margolotta ha scritto:
> On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 23:23:18 +0000, Nick wrote
> (in article <kBREf.67548$av6....@tornado.fastwebnet.it>):

>
>> Hi,
>> somebody knows were to find the true type fonts of the Callaway Golf brand?
>> Tanks!
>>
>
> The golden rule when asking for an identification in abf is: -
>
> Always post a sample, or a link to a sample, of the font you wish identified.
> It is more than a little presumptuous, if not rude, to expect those you are
> asking to hunt one down.
>
> That being said, the key word here is "brand". Many brands aren't fonts for
> the obvious reason that, if they were, anyone could copy them.
>
> I happen to know what you're on about because my father is a golfer.
> 'Callaway' is a fairly plain blackletter face and 'GOLF' an uppercase
> sans-serif. However, I am not going to go hunting down a sample because
> that's *your* job.
>
> Post a sample and someone might be able to give you an approximation.
> However, an exact match is not guaranteed for the reason I have stated above.
>
>
> Margo
>
>

I'm very sorry for my wrong.
An example could be seen at www.callawaygolf.com/LangSelector.aspx

Tanks and sorry again.

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