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Picasso book cover font

Jul 15, 2016 at 18:25


Picasso book cover font


Jul 17, 2016 at 17:20

I think it's a derivative of Monotype No. 94, with an updated C.

https://books.google.com/books?id=YDEwAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA164&lpg=PA164

A search for "Pointed" or "Pointed Serif" on many font sites will get you fonts that are similar, but not the same. Especially the A or the C.

Maybe someone else may do better? It's a nice typeface.


Jul 17, 2016 at 19:53

Except for the lower terminal on _C_ it looks like Antique No. 8, a metal type produced by Miller & Richard as shown at page 76 of
_Printing Types of the World_ [1931] by Alfred Bastien & G. J. Freshwater.
https://www.amazon.com/PRINTING-WORLD-Alfred-Freshwater-Bastien/dp/B002130B9E
also
https://www.amazon.com/Printing-types-world-comprehensive-advertising/dp/B0006ALQSY
AFAIK no digital.


Jul 17, 2016 at 20:15

It does look similar to Antique No. 8. I don't have the Freshwater book but I did find a small sample here:

https://books.google.com/books?id=cmjPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA31

There's another full alphabetic sample later in the book but unfortunately only lower case.

Still the C isn't right...

Similar digitized type faces I found also either didn't have the lower terminal on the C, or the upper terminal on the A, or the terminals on the S weren't right.

I think this face has never been digitalisiseded.


Jul 17, 2016 at 20:41

Partial specimen of M&R's Antique No. 8
https://www.flickr.com/photos/20994543@N04/8725216844/sizes/l
Full specimen in _Printing Types of the World_


Jul 17, 2016 at 21:24

That's awful close... Definitely a close copy!

The "S" looks perfect. I wish we had the "A" in one of those samples. The A in "Great Primer Antique No. 8" doesn't match.


Jul 17, 2016 at 23:08

I found some lower case of a similar typeface (regular, not bold) from the title page of the book to examine!

http://www.arteygrafia.com/media/images/sculptures%20picasso.jpeg

And here:

http://antiques.gift/img/p/1/5/9/4/0/7/159407.jpg

[EDIT... Never mind, that's just some version of Caslon. Actually, let's go with Bodini. Not the cover font. ]

Edited 5 times. Last edit on Jul 17, 2016 at 23:19 by speters33w


Nov 05, 2016 at 21:54

Belated thanks to you both.



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