r/NASCAR • u/KonaMashadu02 • 2d ago

Need help identifying a number font

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Hey all! I need help finding the name of Mario Andretti’s Daytona 500 winning number font. If you could help identifying the font of the number that would be a HUGE help! Thanks!

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u/Different-Cream-2148 2d ago

Colloquially, they are used interchangeably. There probably even an argument that theyve swapped meanings to an extent; sort of like literally and figuratively. But font refers to size generally, where typeface is the style. So Times New Roman is the typeface, 12 is the font.

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u/_gordonbleu 2d ago

Not exactly. Font is the whole thing; style, size, and weight. Size is important in that but not the only thing. The font would be Times New Roman Regular 12, the type face or “style” is Times New Roman, the weight is regular. All three exist independently of each other, but all three are needed to denote a font.

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u/lightsisqueen 2d ago edited 2d ago

This person knows design. To clean it up in terms on what this person said.

Style: Serif

Typeface/Font Family: Times New Roman

Font: Times New Roman Regular 12

For our next lesson well be showing the difference between kerning and tracking.

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u/_gordonbleu 2d ago

I know only what I’ve absorbed from my design friends lol but yeah your explanation makes more sense. I knew I was missing part of it.

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u/lightsisqueen 1d ago

you pick up well then!