What typeface is used in the EL&U header?

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Which typeface is this?

EL&U header

How does it get instantiated into the page? I tried looking at the webpage source with Firebug and it just shows up the following HTML tags.

<div id="hlogo">
  <a href="/">English Language and Usage</a>
</div>

Cornbread Ninja says the ampersand is from Baskerville Italic. — Mechanical snail, Commented Dec 12, 2012 at 15:13

Jin · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-29 08:16:22Z

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The title font is Adobe Caslon Bold.

The logo is shown as a CSS sprite of the anchor link inside of the "hlogo" div.

answered Apr 29, 2011 at 8:16

Jin

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– z7sg Ѫ
Commented Apr 29, 2011 at 11:21
thanks. the text is "rough-ified", though, right?
– sibbaldiopsis
Commented Apr 29, 2011 at 11:43
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@sibbaldiopsis yes. I didn't design the English site. I contracted a talented designer Alex Charchar for this project. If you love design and typography, you should check out his blog: retinart.net A lot of interesting articles there.
– Jin
Commented Apr 29, 2011 at 15:18
@sibbaldiopsis: I believe the proper term for the treatment is "distressed" type.
– Robusto
Commented Apr 30, 2011 at 0:46
Apparently WhatTheFont doesn't guess it correctly.
– Adam
Commented May 4, 2011 at 3:35
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(1) What font is the ampersand? It's really pretty. (2) I clicked on the myfonts link and checked out their Central/Eastern European fonts. I had to laugh at their example phrase: Árvíztűrő tükörfúrógép = "Flood-tolerant drill for mirrors" (in Hungarian).
– Marthaª
Commented May 19, 2011 at 21:38

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Mike · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-19 01:20:00Z

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It looks pretty similar to Caslon Antique to me, though the ampersand is definitely different.

Edit: Could it be Letterpress Text? Or perhaps Americanus?

answered May 19, 2011 at 1:13

Mike

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