Old Dutch banknote

[Member Ald…]

Hi,

I am fascinated by the typography of the first half of XX century. This is a gorgeous example.

Can someone help me to find this font? Or maybe something similar?

Thank you.

Aldo

[Member Kev…]

Sorry, but I strongly suspect that everything but the line “Amsterdam, 18 Maart 1947” is actually calligraphy, not typesetting.

For the all-caps text, Nyfors is similar. Not finding anything particularly close for “De Nederlandsche Bank.”

[Member Ald…]

Thank you, Kevin.

Indeed looks calligraphy work, but… it's SO COOL!!!

Cheers,

Aldo

[Member Kev…]

Agreed. Here are more details about the note, including the designer’s name—J. Roozendaal. I haven’t had any luck tracking down any further information on him or her.

[Member Ald…]

Dear group,

Anyway, do you have a suggestion for a font that could be similar - I love the lowercase "a"

Thanks,

Aldo

[Member Ric…]

2 hours ago, Aldo said:

do you have a suggestion for a font that could be similar - I love the lowercase "a"

Unfortunately the typefaces I found that shares a similar construction of |a| couldn’t really be considered similar for the rest (starting from the lack of Italics): Celtics Modern, Gandalf.

It reminds me a little of the a from Windsor (and its contemporaries and derivatives) or Milton, but, again, nothing calligraphic.