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Looking for the type used in Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960) title cards

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Riccardo Sartori

It’s difficult to determine if and how much it was optically stretched. 

I didn’t find a match, but a close digital approximation (for the uppercase) would be Rider.

 

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Pawel

Thanks for looking into this. I suspect it's an Italian(?) wood cut typeface, though I haven't been able to ID it from any catalogs I have access to.  If it has been stretched, there is a possible non stretched source in the titling, attached below.CINERIZ.jpg.2b2838a6a6918c7c4054e0e1cbfaed2a.jpg 

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Riccardo Sartori

Sorry, still finding nothing closer. 

55 minutes ago, Pawel said:

I suspect it's an Italian(?) wood cut typeface

I doubt it would be Italian, since in that case there should be accented characters, at least in lowercase, contrary to what seems to be in the title cards (see «realtà» spelled as «realta’»).

I think it could be a typeface specifically designed for film, thus outside the usual foundry market.

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