If you can draw a few characters or if you can find a specimen, you can take a photo of it and run it through WhatTheFont [1]. In the case of your last search,

If you can draw a few characters or if you can find a specimen, you can take a photo of it and run it through WhatTheFont [1]. In the case of your last search, you would've taken a photo of a single-storey 'a', and then WhatTheFont would've provided you with several geometric sans-serifs to choose from. If you're still looking for a nice free font with a single storey 'a', try Aaargh. [2] You can also use Identifont to search for fonts with a single storey 'a': http://www.identifont.com/identify?12+%20+2F+8E+6X4+53K+8B+6X8+79+1KI+1QY+7G+9Z http://www.identifont.com/identify?12+%20+2F+8E+6X4+53K+8B+6... [1] http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/ http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/ [2] http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Aaargh http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Aaargh