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Anyone recognize that font?
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It’s Kabel-like, but not Kabel. At least I’m not aware of a version that matches this sample. In addition to G, R is off, too. So is E L M S V r a s t y 1 etc. Also, dots are round, unlike in Kabel. (Neue Kabel has round dots, but is otherwise not a match either.)

 

I can imagine two things:
1. It’s a custom mix of Futura Light and Kabel Light. Several glyphs like M S 1 and also the narrow L and V are characteristic of Futura. The G might be squeezed, and the a customized. Also note the two different forms for t: one like in Futura, the other like in Kabel.
2. Considering the origin, there might be a ready-made Japanese font that includes such a mix for the Latin glyphs. But I don’t know about that.

answered by Editor (7.5k points)
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But although it does contain repeating letters?
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I’m afraid I don’t understand your question. Can you rephrase?

 

Here’s a illustration. The first line shows ITC Kabel Book, the second Futura Light (both using Bitstream’s digitizations). The third one is Futura with the e, a and one t from Kabel, scaled down.

 

Now this isn’t perfect: the weights don’t match, and the M is too narrow, for example. But there are many other versions of Futura and Kabel, some of which might come closer than what you can see in this quickly made approximation.

 

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So it's not an actual font?
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