Looking for the font of this Dutch book from 1945

[Member Joh…]

Looking for the font of the main text of this Dutch book from 1945: the title is "Veertig Jaar Speurderswerk" and the publisher was Kemink, Utrecht.

I already went through all the automatic options for identification, without luck.

The attached image is from a 600dpi scan.

If you need to see specific letters, just let me know.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Member Joh…]

I just noticed that the regular "j" is a bit longer than the one in "ij" which is a particular combination in Dutch (like a dotted "y").

Which makes me think that this could be some one-off variant, but who knows... to what degree were people using standard designs or variations in the times of lead typesetting?

[Member Kev…]

Seems to be New Caledonia, by W.A. Dwiggins and released in 1938 as a metal typeface.

Some details (like the terminals on the f and j) are a bit different in the current digital version, but overall it seems to be a decent match. Could also be the result of a less-than-faithful European copy of the American original.

 

[Member Joh…]

Thank you so very much Kevin!

And you are right about the f and j, I will try to "restore" those from the original Caledonia (Caledonia is the original from 1938, New Caledonia seems to be the digital version from 1988).

[Member Kev…]

Here are some type specimens of Caledonia, which more closely resemble your sample than the digital revival.

[Member Joh…]

The only trusted high resolution image of the original Caledonia I found is here.

I made a temporary font to approach the original "Old" Caledonia, adapting the j, f, and g (see attachment).