Hi, I found this on first romanian newspaper from Feb/18/1790 and was just wondering what is the font used in this title and body text. Can you help me to identify the origins? Thanks :)

 

 

 

I think I found the same font in another newspaper from 1922, in a good quality of print. 

I’m afraid they aren’t the same typeface.

Your 1922 sample appears to be Ronaldson, introduced by MacKellar, Smith & Jordan in 1884.

I’ll have to do some work on the other samples in Photoshop to see if I can get a decent enough image to match....

The nameplate (Courier de Moldavie)—type and image—is likely one entire hand-engraved block.

The body copy appears to be an early Garamond/Jannon face, but there isn’t enough detail in your samples to pin it down further.

 

Thanks Kevin.

I think I found the typeface for body text :) Caslon - English Roman

William Caslon's 1734 Specimen sheet.

Sorry, not Caslon.

The Rs, Js, and Cs in your sample differ too much from Caslon to be the same face....

Check "English Roman" version. Apparently it seems that the characteristics fit.

Similar, yes, but I’m still not convinced.

Caslon wasn’t widely used on the continent (England and the American Colonies, yes, Europe, no) in the late 18th century. It’s unlikely that a French language publication would use it in that era.

I read that the letters for this print were brought from Poland, and from this point I deduced that the letters were easy to get from England. :(

I don’t think it was a case of access, but of politics—England and the continent were at odds during this time, and a French or Francophone publication using an English typeface strikes me as unlikely.

Some history on Polish printing of the era:

https://books.google.com/books?id=sbacAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA474&lpg=PA474&dq=18th+Century+POlish+type+foundries?&source=bl&ots=xYc_GE-9KN&sig=-D3D8-czryRDDDMJmzgc3-Aks_Y&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjYhMWT_d7XAhUP8YMKHau9AMwQ6AEINDAF#v=onepage&q=18th Century POlish type foundries%3F&f=false