In the picture http://paul.lautman.users.btopenworld.com/fq.jpg
is (IMO) a rather nice font. The serifs are made up by gently increasing the
thickness of the lines on their way outwards.

Can anyone help with its name please?

Also sprach/Thus spake Paul Lautman:
> In the picture http://paul.lautman.users.btopenworld.com/fq.jpg
> is (IMO) a rather nice font. The serifs are made up by gently
> increasing the thickness of the lines on their way outwards.
> 
> Can anyone help with its name please?

The font is common-or-garden Optima. Bitstream Calligraphic 601
and a lot of other clones. The lower-case letters are stretched
horizontally.

Andreas

Andreas,
thank you very much for your prompt reply.

"Andreas H�feld" <sendnospam@vorsicht-bissig.de> wrote in message
news:2j8dasFuhs4rU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Also sprach/Thus spake Paul Lautman:
> > In the picture http://paul.lautman.users.btopenworld.com/fq.jpg
> > is (IMO) a rather nice font. The serifs are made up by gently
> > increasing the thickness of the lines on their way outwards.
> >
> > Can anyone help with its name please?
>
> The font is common-or-garden Optima. Bitstream Calligraphic 601
> and a lot of other clones. The lower-case letters are stretched
> horizontally.
>
> Andreas
>