Monday, March 31, 2014

Is HealthCare.gov Radikal?

The HealthCare.gov website has a distinct logo:


It is hard to identify with just those letters, but note the Futura-style "a", and the hook on the small "t", which is not Futura.  Also note the Futura-style "g" without the lower loop.  There are literally tens of thousands of fonts available, but I think I have identified it.  It is called "Radikal" and is available for license at myfonts.com for $30.  Luckily there is a way of previewing custom text. Compare these:


Ding, Ding, Ding, we have a match!  The first part of it is Radikal Medium, and the ".gov" part is Radikal UltraThin.  But look at the lower-case g, it doesn't quite match.  In the logo, the g has a more rounded top, so it could be some other logo.

But that is the only part of the website that uses that font.  Because the font has a bizarre k.  Check this out:


Now you know the rest of the story.

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