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Q: Fonts ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   1 Comment )
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Subject: Fonts
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: fredk-ga
List Price: $5.00
Posted: 24 Feb 2006 23:07 PST
Expires: 26 Mar 2006 23:07 PST
Question ID: 700724
What font does Amazon use in its logo?
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Subject: Re: Fonts
Answered By: denco-ga on 24 Feb 2006 23:35 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Howdy fredk-ga,

It is a combination of ITC Officina Sans Bold ("Amazon") and Book (".com")
as shown on the Identifont website.  There are several places that offer
it for sale.
http://www.identifont.com/show?OF

"...
Designed for office correspondence and business documentation.
Designer: Erik Spiekermann
Year: 1990
Copyright: ITC
Publishers: Adobe Systems Inc., Linotype Library and ITC
Examples: Amazon.com logo, Iomega corporate identity
...
Buy this font online from ..."
 
You can see some examples of the different styles (Bold, Book, etc.) on
the MyFonts website.
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/itc-officina-sans/

"ITC Officina Sans is a Linotype font family with 29 styles ..."

If you need any clarification, please feel free to ask.


Search strategy:

Google search on: Amazon font
://www.google.com/search?q=Amazon+font

Google search on: Amazon font "ITC Officina"
://www.google.com/search?q=Amazon+font+%22ITC+Officina%22

Looking Forward, denco-ga - Google Answers Researcher
fredk-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
Just what I wanted

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Subject: Re: Fonts
From: denco-ga on 25 Feb 2006 18:32 PST
 
Glad to have been of service, and thanks for the 5 star rating, fredk-ga.

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