Infomercial Font

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Infomercial Font

Does anyone know what font they use for the phone numbers in infomercials? Like the phone number in the beginning of this one:
http://www.youtube.com/swf/l.swf?videoid=2gDSwZhvu_c&rel=1&eurl=http%3A//us.f634.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter%3FMsgId% 3D9227_13947180_139980_2380_2520_0_15370_8790_2445574513%26Idx%3D0%26YY%3D&iurl= http%3A//s3.ytimg.com/vi/2gDSwZhvu_c/default.jpg&t=OEgsToPDskLi4Xx7ZgnyVmHSZ6tbUFk&hl=en

I've tried a few different ones (Arial Black being close) but none seem to be the right one.

Thanks

iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11), 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB 667 MHz SDRAM

Posted on Jun 4, 2008 5:25 PM

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Answer 1

Jun 4, 2008 7:05 PM in response to Randy Kent

There's no one font used for all infomercials. To find one that you like, open FontBook and scroll through the available fonts on your system.

-DH

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Answer 2

Jun 4, 2008 7:42 PM in response to Randy Kent

If you use anything but "Helvetica" it will never be aired...

Ive been working on one that every font they use is "Universe" for any info...

It still gets on the air though...

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Answer 3

Jun 4, 2008 8:20 PM in response to Copy Cut Paste

If you use anything but "Helvetica" it will never be aired...

When you're buying 30 minute blocks of airtime, you can use any font you want.

-DH

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Answer 4

Jun 5, 2008 1:10 AM in response to David Harbsmeier

I was being sarcastic...

of course you can use anything you want!

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