Member Mel… Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 I saw this book today and wondered what the type-face is. The book from 1947, and the type-face does not look familiar at all. https://www.ebay.com/itm/PENGUIN-ISLAND-by-Anatole-France-Limited-Editions-Club-991-1500-VG-signed-/113399907767?oid=132802351481 Link to comment
Solution Member Gec… Posted December 12, 2018 Solution Share Posted December 12, 2018 I suspect it's: "Lucian Std Roman" from Bitstream https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/bitstream/lucian/ Link to comment
Ralf Herrmann Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Well, Lucian is probably correct. It can’t be from Bitstream of course, since the company didn’t exist back then. The letterpress fonts were originally released by Bauer (“Bauersche Gießerei”). Link to comment
Member Gec… Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Ralf your exactly correct - Lucian was designed by Lucian Bernhard in 1932 and originally released by Bauer. Link to comment
Member Gec… Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 The version I have in my library is from Bitstream. 1 Link to comment
Member Mel… Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 It looks like Perpetua in the text itself. The U has a side stem. Link to comment
Member Mel… Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 Nope, not Perpetua, but somewhat similar. Link to comment
Member Mel… Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 It's Emerson! 1 Link to comment
Member Mel… Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 There was no bold or bold italic with this design. Any suggestions for bold/bold italic? Link to comment
Member Kev… Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Are you talking about Emerson? Emerson has been digitized under that name and as Spiral, but only in Roman, Italic, and Small Caps weights (Spiral) plus Display Roman and Display Italic (Emerson). If you need Bold and Bold Italic, I’d pick a different face. Sabon has similar bones, but not the same details. Link to comment
Member Mel… Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 Right, that's my question: what other face in bold/bold italic would be suitable? Link to comment
Member Kev… Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 I amended my answer above.... Link to comment
Member Mel… Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 I was thinking Perpetua, because of the U. Attached: Emerson, PerpetuaBQ, PerpetuaBQ Bold Emerson+PerpetuaBQ.pdf Link to comment
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