Guest Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 Received this business card recently. Please excuse the grey boxes. I've found the following from Paratype: https://www.paratype.com/fonts/pt/russia-church, but it's clearly not a match. Could this be hand-lettered, or a custom job? I'm doubtful of it being a free font, as these lack some basic poise: (https://www.dafont.com/russian-land.font) (https://fontlibrary.org/en/font/triod-postnaja) (https://www.dafont.com/kremlin-alexander.font) Are there two separate typefaces in use here (one for the information at top and another for the text below)? Any clues welcome. Thanks in advance!
Riccardo Sartori Posted August 25, 2018 Posted August 25, 2018 On 8/24/2018 at 12:10 AM, frdaniel said: Are there two separate typefaces in use here Yes. Possibly three. 1
Gecko Posted August 25, 2018 Posted August 25, 2018 Riccardo is correct there are at least 2 typefaces here maybe three. yuri.ma******@gmail.com - looks like Uncials - try: https://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=403 dafont.com have quite a few Celtic Uncial type fonts that might fit the bill.
Guest Posted August 25, 2018 Posted August 25, 2018 I'll definitely have a look. Thank you both for your help.
Riccardo Sartori Posted August 25, 2018 Posted August 25, 2018 26 minutes ago, Gecko said: looks like Uncials Perhaps the most similar typeface I found for the name is also “based on the uncial letterforms of Coptic manuscripts”… download at MyFonts 1
Gecko Posted August 25, 2018 Posted August 25, 2018 Actually when you look at the pattern on the top it looks hand drawn - complicated but still hand drawn. The lettering reminds me of the lettering I learned to do at school with a calligraphic pen and ink, back in the day, maybe someone hand lettered it and photo'd the glyphs that they like best.
Guest Posted August 25, 2018 Posted August 25, 2018 The Coptic manuscript angle is very helpful, Riccardo. I'll have to look more closely at old manuscript specimens, as I'm really intrigued by these kinds of letterforms. Also, Gecko, I'm starting to see what you mean. I wonder if they were all done by hand. The "i" and "j" tittles appear identical in shape when comparing the "yuri.ma******@gmail.com" text and the bottom text—but the two texts seem as if they come from different families. Maybe their common denominator, and what makes the 3 total styles come together, is a calligrapher's hand?
Solution Kevin Thompson Posted August 25, 2018 Solution Posted August 25, 2018 All the small text at the bottom is Holiday Gothic, by House Industries. 2
Kevin Thompson Posted August 25, 2018 Posted August 25, 2018 Closest I’m finding for the larger type is Bulgaria Moderna. 2
Guest Posted August 28, 2018 Posted August 28, 2018 Excellent. Thank you very much, Kevin. Holiday Gothic is a perfect match, and Bulgaria Moderna is a nice find. I never would have found these on my own.
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