The 'live' font

NorthernMonkey · Post by **NorthernMonkey** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:59 pm

Anyone know which font is used for 'live', or the nearest equivalent on Windows?

earsmack · Post by **earsmack** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 3:36 pm

Probably custom.

Poster · Post by **Poster** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 3:50 pm

Arial

jeskola · Post by **jeskola** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:04 pm

looks basterdised. specially the e
try Din -- from a quick glance the L looks like din

Poster · Post by **Poster** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:11 pm

GUI: Arial

Corporate identity
-Manual; Avenir
-Live logo and box: Avenir (customized, i.e. 'l' has a little foot and lowercase 'a' is different, 'e' seems to be tweaked a bit as well)
-Ableton logo: V.A.G. or Helvetica rounded

NorthernMonkey · Post by **NorthernMonkey** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:24 pm

Poster wrote:GUI: Arial

Corporate identity
-Manual; Avenir
-Live logo and box: Avenir (customized, i.e. 'l' has a little foot and lowercase 'a' is different)
-Ableton logo: V.A.G. or Helvetica rounded

Cheers mate

longjohns · Post by **longjohns** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:28 pm

I find it's not exactly like arial,

maybe halfway between arial and lucida grande. Lucida italics are slanted too sharply. But I can see a few little things about arial that don't seem quite right, like an arial lowercase t has a sharp point at the top.

The ableton font files can be found in the program folders, but they are in .fnt format so you would need to conver them and from what I've read that would degrade the quality.

NorthernMonkey · Post by **NorthernMonkey** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:28 pm

jeskola wrote:looks basterdised. specially the e
try Din -- from a quick glance the L looks like din

We have a winner, thanks!

Edit: apologies, I should have been more specific, I meant the 'live' logo - Din looks like the one

Poster · Post by **Poster** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:31 pm

NorthernMonkey wrote:
jeskola wrote:looks basterdised. specially the e
try Din -- from a quick glance the L looks like din
We have a winner, thanks!

Edit: apologies, I should have been more specific, I meant the 'live' logo - Din looks like the one

no..
'live' is not set in DIN (Mittelschrift)..
it's a customized version of Avenir..

NorthernMonkey · Post by **NorthernMonkey** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:37 pm

Poster wrote:
NorthernMonkey wrote:
jeskola wrote:looks basterdised. specially the e
try Din -- from a quick glance the L looks like din
We have a winner, thanks!

Edit: apologies, I should have been more specific, I meant the 'live' logo - Din looks like the one
no..
'live' is not set in DIN (Mittelschrift)..
it's a customized version of Avenir..

Ok, thanks Poster, I just need something I can use that is similar enough without having to customise the font, Din is close enough for my needs, thanks for you help

Poster · Post by **Poster** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:39 pm

NorthernMonkey wrote:
Poster wrote:
NorthernMonkey wrote: We have a winner, thanks!

Edit: apologies, I should have been more specific, I meant the 'live' logo - Din looks like the one
no..
'live' is not set in DIN (Mittelschrift)..
it's a customized version of Avenir..
Ok, thanks Poster, I just need something I can use that is similar enough without having to customise the font, Din is close enough for my needs, thanks for you help

I was wrong..
It is DIN Neuzeit Grotesk

NorthernMonkey · Post by **NorthernMonkey** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:44 pm

Poster wrote:
NorthernMonkey wrote:
Poster wrote: no..
'live' is not set in DIN (Mittelschrift)..
it's a customized version of Avenir..
Ok, thanks Poster, I just need something I can use that is similar enough without having to customise the font, Din is close enough for my needs, thanks for you help
I was wrong..
It is DIN Neuzeit Grotesk

Looks perfect

yuyumoa · Post by **yuyumoa** » Sat Feb 01, 2025 2:29 am

NorthernMonkey wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:59 pm
Anyone know which font is used for 'live', or the nearest equivalent on Windows?

Its Futura for the Live logo actually

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