old font from the 20s

Mar 23, 2014 at 17:49

Bonjour à tous
Je cherche désespérément une font s'approchant au mieux de cette image en pièce jointe...
Merci pour vos conseils avisés !
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Need help, do you have any idea?
Seems to be a scanned page of a very old book, from the 20s/30s.
Thanks!

Edited 2 times. Last edit on Mar 23, 2014 at 17:55 by blibou

Suggested font

Broadway Outline Suggested by Arthole

Mar 23, 2014 at 20:20

Looks like this one escaped from being digitized. But as you know ... nothing lasts forever, so here we go

By the way, blibou, do you have more of this or can you tell me where there is more of this? Another btw, 80-90 years is not that old for a book

claudeserieux

Mar 23, 2014 at 21:22

C'est de l'Art Deco.

http://www.fontspace.com/category/art+deco

Mar 23, 2014 at 21:51

Which one on which page might that be Claude?

Mar 24, 2014 at 18:29

Maybe someting like this?

Mar 24, 2014 at 19:53

perfect koeiekat! is it "home-made"?!
can i download it somewhere?!

Mar 24, 2014 at 21:00

What do you want it for? But First where did you find this thingie?

Mar 25, 2014 at 12:28

I think it is a very beautiful font, and I don't have a precise reason, except that I like it

I am not a professional designer / photoshoper, juste an amateur that likes beautiful things

I found it an a tumblr blog about typography, but I do not remember where, I just downloaded the picture to look for the font

claudeserieux

Mar 25, 2014 at 13:58

Modern Lettering

http://www.flickr.com/photos/taffeta/6484475521/in/set-72157628352478703/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/taffeta/6484490313/

Ce modèle est très simple à reproduire.

#10

Mar 25, 2014 at 16:52

claudeserieux said

... Ce modèle est très simple à reproduire.

Indeed Claude

Only three basic shapes. Done in no time

#11

Mar 25, 2014 at 16:55

koeiekat, would you be OK to share it?

#12

Mar 25, 2014 at 18:30

When all you want are these capitals, yes, but promise you will not redistribute the font and will not do anything with it where money, not even a cent, is involved.

#13

Mar 25, 2014 at 19:08

I will not do that kind of stuff, and trust me that if this was really really important I would open my Illustrator and would take 1h to create the font
If you are quicker than me, more talented, and if you already have done the work, it would be great to share the file
You can trust me on this

#14

Mar 25, 2014 at 21:13

I have to make sure blibou, as you will understand. By the way, you can not make a font in illustrator. Shapes yes, fonts, no. The one you get has very tight spacing which may change after I have added a lower case and Western European accented characters. But that, indeed, takes more than 2 hours.

#15

Mar 26, 2014 at 11:09

... ?!
Yes I know how to make a font, I made few months ago my own handwriting font, again, just for fun, to be able to easily "write" on some holidays pictures
But if you do not want to share the font, it is not a problem, I do not want to fight for this

Cheers

#16

Arthole

Mar 26, 2014 at 17:13

The closest I can find is Broadway Outline D:
http://www.fonts.com/font/urw/broadway/outline-d
Hope that helps.

Suggested font: Broadway Outline

#17

Mar 26, 2014 at 18:29

Thanks Arthole, you're right! It's quite close!
But this font is less "pure", less "perfect" than the one I was looking for

#18

Mar 26, 2014 at 19:36

@blibou
ever checked your mail?

#19

Mar 27, 2014 at 09:58

YES

Thank you very much koeiekat, it's really nice of you, and again, be sure that I do not plan AT ALL to make any kind of business with the font
I just tested it in a simple Word doc, it's really neat, i'm impressed

Thank you very much again!

#20