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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Jul 26, 2020 11:58:54 GMT
This is Where Is The Font From? A game where you have to identify where the fonts have been used on an ABBA cover. These fonts are mainly from ABBA singles. Though there are a few fonts from albums and Frida/Agnetha releases. There may be a few instances where the font was on the back cover instead of the front. The numbers in the list below indicates each time the font has appeared on an ABBA cover. I will be using points for everytime a font has been identified. Here's an example. The font Normande Italic was used on the covers of Nina Pretty Ballerina and Does Your Mother Know and you could potentially get 2 points.    |
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Post by supertrouper on Jul 26, 2020 13:51:48 GMT
A great game.  |
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Jul 26, 2020 14:45:22 GMT
Can you guess where any fonts are from?
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Post by supertrouper on Jul 26, 2020 15:41:23 GMT
Well just to be biased I'll say the Super Trouper one.  Is the Balloon in the cover of the Super Trouper/The Piper single? |
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Jul 26, 2020 16:39:58 GMT
Well just to be biased I'll say the Super Trouper one. Is the Balloon in the cover of the Super Trouper/The Piper single? Yes. There is another cover where the Balloon font was use. supertrouper: 1 point |
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Post by supertrouper on Jul 26, 2020 16:51:52 GMT
Yay! I know the other one too but do we take turns?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2020 17:56:50 GMT
This is a tough one. I can't decipher any. Can we have a clue ? I have looked at loads of ABBA singles but can't guess any.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Jul 26, 2020 18:06:01 GMT
You don’t have to take turns. You can answer as many as you can. The only clue that I can really give is that the first 2 fonts were only used on an album/compilation. I would use Discogs and 45cat to look if I were you.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Jul 26, 2020 18:12:03 GMT
Also, take the group title/logo font, the fonts used on the song titles or any additional text into account.
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Post by supertrouper on Jul 26, 2020 18:30:52 GMT
Ok, well the other Balloon is the Summer Night City single. |
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Jul 26, 2020 18:38:53 GMT
supertrouper: 2 points
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Post by Alan on Jul 26, 2020 19:30:13 GMT
No. 1 is definitely the original Greatest Hits - UK, US and a few other countries.
No. 6, I think is the Ring Ring album but I wouldn’t have a clue what else it appeared on, except for perhaps the Love Isn’t Easy single.
Out of interest, are any UK/Ireland-only fonts included here? I’m thinking:
Waterloo album - ABBA name, individual members’ names and album name (all front cover)
Angeleyes/Voulez-Vous
I Have A Dream
Lay All Your Love on Me
One of Us
Head Over Heels
Thank You For The Music (single and album)
If not, what were the fonts used for these?
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Post by supertrouper on Jul 26, 2020 19:36:53 GMT
Yay, another one correct! Is Knowing Me, Knowing You/Happy Hawaii a Playbill?
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Jul 26, 2020 20:54:21 GMT
No. 1 is definitely the original Greatest Hits - UK, US and a few other countries. No. 6, I think is the Ring Ring album but I wouldn’t have a clue what else it appeared on, except for perhaps the Love Isn’t Easy single. Out of interest, are any UK/Ireland-only fonts included here? I’m thinking: Waterloo album - ABBA name, individual members’ names and album name (all front cover) Angeleyes/Voulez-Vous I Have A Dream Lay All Your Love on Me One of Us Head Over Heels Thank You For The Music (single and album) If not, what were the fonts used for these? Greatest Hits is correct You’ll have to give a more detailed answer for No. 6. The Ring Ring album uses the Gill Sans font. The group name is in bold and the album title is Ultra Bold. The UK Waterloo album name font is Dynamo. It’s very close to Kabel Black and Blippo. The ABBA name uses the Premier shaded font and the member names is in Avant Garde. None of the UK fonts are on this game list. I Have A Dream, The Winner Takes It All, Lay All Your Love On Me and One Of Us uses Helvetica Neue. Angeleyes and Thank You For The Music probably uses the same font but a different weight. Angeleyes looks a bit thicker and Thank You For The Music looks thinner. And as for Head Over Heels, I’m not sure which font they used. It’s probably a font that’s right under our noses. |
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Jul 26, 2020 20:56:34 GMT
Yay, another one correct! Is Knowing Me, Knowing You/Happy Hawaii a Playbill? Yes. The French pressing of Knowing Me Knowing You uses the Playbill font. There are 4 more instances of Playbill being used. supertrouper: 3 points Alan: 1 point |
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Post by Alan on Jul 26, 2020 22:21:21 GMT
Number 3 is Chiquitita, particularly Lovelight. I’m assuming Chiquitita is just a bold version on it.
Number 8 might be When All Is Said And Done (Aus). The “e” looks right but I’m not certain.
I’d say it’s near-on impossible to get them all right, if some are fonts used by specific countries (and even then not necessarily the main ones, if the UK isn’t included).
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Post by supertrouper on Jul 28, 2020 13:46:44 GMT
Is this a Blippo?  |
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Jul 28, 2020 14:28:52 GMT
Is this a Blippo? YES! Also, Chiquitita and When All Is Said And Done is correct. supertrouper: 4 points Alan: 3 points Join in everybody else. |
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Post by supertrouper on Jul 28, 2020 16:49:51 GMT
A Kabel Black? 
Also could this be the Hawkins? 
And this?  |
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Post by Ramanko on Aug 10, 2022 20:40:37 GMT
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Post by Alan on Aug 10, 2022 21:51:38 GMT
If it’s included in The Rubber Ball Man’s original post in this topic, then I would say it’s Optima. He would need to confirm though. |
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Is the Balloon in the cover of the Super Trouper/The Piper single? 
