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Font please, or similar? Thanks

Jun 20, 2015 at 07:50


Font please, or similar? Thanks

Identified fonts

OPTIAnnouncement  Suggested by koeiekat 
Garton  Suggested by zose 
Odette  Suggested by claudeserieux 

Suggested font

Society Page  Suggested by jerseygirl 


Jun 20, 2015 at 08:10

Suggested font: Society Page


Jun 20, 2015 at 08:14

Fantastic, thank you very much!


Jun 20, 2015 at 10:01

jerseygirl said  
Society Page

Are you sure jerseygirl? B, C, D, G, K, T ...


Jun 20, 2015 at 10:08

From Jerseygirl's suggestion I managed to find it, it's called Garton
Identified font: Garton

Edited on Jun 20, 2015 at 16:12 by Rodolphe


Jun 20, 2015 at 10:29

The Garton by D. Rakowski comes closer but the best match I have found is Castcraft's OPTIAnnouncement. Not sure about the M.
Identified font: OPTIAnnouncement

Edited 3 times. Last edit on Jun 20, 2015 at 16:13 by Rodolphe


Jun 20, 2015 at 10:56

Thanks for your time and effort koelkat, much appreciated x


Jun 20, 2015 at 14:58

Identified font: Odette


Jun 20, 2015 at 16:39

Thanks. I rejected the Odette because I could not find a matching A and C in the same font file So I went for the announcement.


Jun 20, 2015 at 17:23

Yet, since we now have a better picture, here we go. Just to show how critical it is to find a perfect match.
Top Odette, bottom OPTI Announcement. Both pretty close but not the exact match.



Happens all the time with revivals. Even with the same spec sheet.


Jun 20, 2015 at 17:48

It's ok, as you say these are revivals, so...


Jun 20, 2015 at 21:21

The green outline on the top is what you would get when you use the sample image to recreate the typeface.



Jun 20, 2015 at 22:32

The original


Edited on Jun 20, 2015 at 22:34 by claudeserieux


Jun 21, 2015 at 00:42

Nice, as usual. Do you have the complete spec sheet?


Jun 21, 2015 at 02:53

Yes
<Announcement Roman and Italic were designed by Morris F.Benton in 1916, adapted from steel or copperplate engravings, but not completed and released until 1918. These delicate faces have had some popularity for annoucements social stationery, and a limited amount of advertsing work, but are a little too fancy for extensive use. Oddly, some of the plain caps shown in the specimens, both roman and italic, do not seem to appear in any ATF specimens. Foundry records show that a 48-point size of the roman was cut in 1927, but no other listing or showing of it has been found. In fact, sizes over 24-point were discontinued after a few years, and all sizes were discontined in 1954.> Mac McGrew

Announcement Roman, ATF #456 (6-48pt)

Catalog ATF 1923, page 238
Catalog ATF 1934, page 126
Catalog ATF 1941, page 66



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