J.C. Haldeman Posted January 13, 2022 Posted January 13, 2022 Typeface used for sheet music titles by the Chicago-based Vitak-Elsnic Company (founded as Georgi & Vitak Music Company circa 1902, incorporated 1912, renamed in 1924), publishers of Bohemian-style music. Their catalog for polka, waltz, and schottische sheet music makes extensive use of the typeface in titles. I have tentatively dated instances of it to the 1920s. Reddit/identifythisfont suggests it is a variation of Bookman. A contributor to the WhattheFont forum claimed it had been discussed and identified on Typophile, but I have been unable to confirm that. I would be happy with simply identifying it, as that would open the possibility of finding a sample book. I very much doubt a digital version exists, but I would welcome the possibility.
Gecko Posted January 14, 2022 Posted January 14, 2022 That is very close to Bookman Regular, certainly all the uppercase are except the J. I'd also say 80% of the lowercase are bookman the exception being the c, h, m, n s. Easy to make a fix in fontographer or FontLab.
Gecko Posted January 14, 2022 Posted January 14, 2022 When I think about it, it looks like Bookman ran into a Lord of The Rings typeface. Lol. 1
J.C. Haldeman Posted January 14, 2022 Author Posted January 14, 2022 My hat is off to your facsimile. It is remarkably close; however, I do see details that suggest the two might be distinct (a, g, k, t). I still hold out hope that someone might be able to tell me what it is.
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