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John Southward's 1892 Practical Printing

16.04.2014 um 15:08

Any font with a similar per sign might do: one where the verticals are close to each other and the serif at the top left points down, not up.

John Southward's 1892 Practical Printing

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Scotch Modern  Vorgeschlagen von claudeserieux 


16.04.2014 um 15:35

What is the sign over the number 9?

Bearbeitet am 17.04.2014 um 00:53 von claudeserieux


16.04.2014 um 15:38

The sign over number 9 is the one I was most interested in - the per sign.

“The 1892 edition of the Practical Printing of John Southward showed a series of non-alphabetic characters in its example of an ‘improved’ upper case which had not been in a normal case earlier in the century. […] types for the calligraphic ‘per’ and for lb (the pound weight). These were all needed for use in commercial jobs like the printing of catalogues of goods for sale. […] The ‘per’ symbol (which was admittedly a rather elaborate design) failed to get onto the normal typewriter keyboard and has faded from memory."
http://typefoundry.blogspot.com/2013_10_01_archive.html

⅌ per sign U+214C


16.04.2014 um 18:09

Thanks

Section sign is reversed.



16.04.2014 um 20:36

Still looking to identify the font, preferably a version of the per sign with more narrowly-spaced verticals as in John Southward's 1892 Practical Printing.


16.04.2014 um 22:52

A digital version that comes reasonably close to your sample would be the Monotype Modern. But being a digital font it - almost by definition - lacks the character you are after.


17.04.2014 um 04:43

Suggestion
Vorgeschlagener Font: Scotch Modern


17.04.2014 um 04:47

Thanks - the verticals of Scotch Modern are a good match, though the serif at the top is quite different, and the loop around the middle points up in SM, but down in Southward's. One that is a closer match would be ideal, if possible.



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