2001: A Space Odyssey logo font?

[Larry Young]

No, google is not broken where I live, but for the life of me I can't quickly identify the font on this version of the movie poster:

Somebody take pity on me and tell me what font this is, so I can make my wife laugh with a quick jpg to send to her at work after a bad morning meeting.

 

[Mike Rush]

Gill Sans.

 

[Larry Young]

Thanks, Mike! Here's what I did with it.

RPF makes mommy happy; film at 11.

 

[phase pistol]

Hmmm... well it doesnt match the Gill Sans that I've got. For a while I thought it might be Avant Garde, but those round "0"s in 2001 don't match.

I will point out however that the "standard" 2001 font that you see on the cover of the book and on the McCall posters, is Futura Bold.

- k

 

[Eagle]

Somebody take pity on me and tell me what font this is

Humanist.

 

[Larry Young]

Hmmm... well it doesnt match the Gill Sans that I've got.

Yeah, that font family is huge. Just in the quick bits I have, there's:

bold
bold italic
italic
light
light italic
bold condensed
condensed
extra bold
ultra bold
ultra bold condensed
bold extra condensed
extra bold display
light shadowed
shadowed
and
ultra bold

But I wasn't trying to make a paper prop; just trying to make the missus grin. She actually just called me and said, "Ohhhhhh, how much do I love that? Thanks!" and I said I got the font info in two seconds on the RPF and she said, "Yeah? How long did it take before someone said the type's not exact?"

hee hee

But she loves us all anyway.