Member car… Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Hello-- Can you help identify this font, or a close match, used by Tiffany's engraving in the 80s? Link to comment
Member Kev… Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Sorry, not finding a match in a digital typeface. Many engravers, up until the late 1980s, continued to use proprietary typefaces that have never been digitized. I believe this one was called Corinthian (third sample in the image). 2 1 Link to comment
Member Geo… Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 @Kevin, a bit of trivia. A few of the faces in the image you provided were made into 18-unit Alphatype fonts during the early 70's, commissioned by Excelsior Process & Engraving or possibly its parent company, Crane & Co., who had purchased EP&E in 1970. Some were very expensive, as much as $600 for a font, and they were only available in one size. They cost so much because Alphatype had to pay a large royalty, or so an engineer there told me. I don't know if any of the designs were ported to the later digital phototypesetter produced by Alphatype. Some collector somewhere probably has a set of the original fonts, assuming there are collectors of old photo fonts. There probably are since people will collect just about anything. If someone does have them they would be so easy to digitize today. 2 1 Link to comment
Member car… Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 Thanks for the info! If there is a digital font that is similar but not exact to this, it would be helpful as well. Thanks again. Link to comment
Member Gre… Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Henrician or Woodruff have something in common with the example given. 1 Link to comment
Member Kev… Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Sackers Antique Roman Open might work for you. Bernhard Modern Engraved is another option. 1 Link to comment
Member Geo… Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 I've been thinking about this face since the first post because it's a very good design, and it deserves to be digitized. Hopefully someone may be able to obtain the brass pantograph mats and do so. I would do it but I have a long list of waiting projects already and just cannot add another. Link to comment
Member Gre… Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 28 minutes ago, George Thomas said: I've been thinking about this face since the first post because it's a very good design, and it deserves to be digitized. Hopefully someone may be able to obtain the brass pantograph mats and do so. I would do it but I have a long list of waiting projects already and just cannot add another. I was struck by the shape of the 't' Link to comment
Member Ric… Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Based on |a|e|f| I would consider it an upright italic. Link to comment
Member Kev… Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 When I have the time, I’ll see if I can find it in early 20th century type specimens—I suspect it was a metal typeface first.... Link to comment
Member Ign… Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Zephyr Openface could be another option. 1 Link to comment
Member car… Posted February 27, 2019 Author Share Posted February 27, 2019 Thanks everyone so far! I am still looking for the closest match, so if more ideas come up, I appreciate it. Link to comment
Member Kev… Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 carlinb1, I don’t think you’ll find anything closer than the options already listed. Even if it had a life as a metal typeface before being converted into an engraving template, it has never been digitized. Link to comment
Member Ric… Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Two more options, neither especially close, I’m afraid: download at MyFonts For a descending |f|, one could try to backslant an italic (either as is, or mixing it with the Roman): download at MyFonts Link to comment
Member Gec… Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 It's a nice looking work of art. Link to comment
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