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Jan 03, 2017 at 12:02  [reply]  Help?

AFAIK this is not a font. Note in particular that the _M_ looks like it has different roots than the other letters, which can be approximated by individual letters from various metal type era formal scripts. So far, I have not found a font that contains all of the lower case letters.

Maison 140 is the logo and exterior signage letters for former home of silent film stars Dorothy and Lillian Gish, re-purposed as a boutique Beverly Hills hotel with interior design by Kelly Wearstler Interior Design. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Wearstler
Perhaps she, or the current owners of the hotel, would be able to say what, if any, fonts were the inspiration for the various letters in _Maison_.


Edited on Jan 03, 2017 at 12:24 by donshottype


Dec 30, 2016 at 14:25  [reply]  Ayuda para conocer esta fuente

AFAIK Casady & Greene's Kells [1988] predates Gandalf and Stonehenge.
All are essentially the same.

Suggested font: Kells


Edited on Dec 30, 2016 at 14:28 by donshottype


Dec 30, 2016 at 02:01  [reply]  Ayuda para conocer esta fuente

Perhaps derived from Gandalf

Suggested font: Gandalf






So far no match to any of the usual suspects.
Has a retro look like embossed lettering on an old book cover.
Has anyone else found it?


Edited on Dec 27, 2016 at 23:59 by donshottype


Dec 26, 2016 at 17:37  [reply]  National Geographic font

Previous discussions have suggested that this is a proprietary font derived from
ITC Stone Sans SemiBold, which is similar but not identical to the letters in the image. Larger scale image:


Suggested font: Stone Sans SemiBold



Custom, but resembles the heavier weights of ITC Souvenir when manually compressed

Suggested font: ITC Souvenir


Dec 21, 2016 at 22:26  [reply]  Font

Legitimate source of Parchment:
https://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/font.aspx?FMID=1013
Packaged with Microsoft Office and other Microsoft products.


Edited on Dec 21, 2016 at 22:31 by donshottype


Dec 21, 2016 at 17:33  [reply]  Similar is OK. Main title font.

Similar _r_

Suggested font: Oh You Klid NF


Dec 21, 2016 at 17:19  [reply]  Similar is OK. Main title font.

Two points.
1. Lettering on book covers in the early decades of the 20th century, and before, were custom designs by lettering artists and usually did not reference a specific font.
2. The letter forms in this book cover reflect the lettering styles of the 1890s and 1900s rather than the 1930s. Perhaps this is a reprint?
The letters in the title are a pastiche of different styles. Creating something similar would require the excerpting of letters from various sources and editing to harmonize weight etc.
For _a_, _h_, _m_ and _s_ Verona TS Extralight is in the ballpark.

Suggested font: Verona TS Extralight



Ravel might be closer -- it has the same brush stroke style for _u_ and _m_, but is far from identical.

Suggested font: Ravel



Santeli Light is the closest I found so far, but it is not identical.

Suggested font: Santeli Light


Dec 20, 2016 at 14:17  [reply]  OBSERVATION BAR

Breamcatcher has similar __N_, _V_, and _A_

Suggested font: Breamcatcher


Dec 20, 2016 at 14:05  [reply]  OBSERVATION BAR

Bougainville Book has similar _E_, _R_, _V_, and _A_

Suggested font: Bougainville Book


Dec 20, 2016 at 14:01  [reply]  OBSERVATION BAR

So far I have not found a single font has this particular combination of wide and narrow letters.
Yasashii Hairline Bold has similar _O_, _B_, _S_ and the top loop of _R_.

Suggested font: Yasashii Hairline Bold


Dec 19, 2016 at 22:25  [reply]  busco esta fuente

Here are the boxy Art Deco letters, that I extracted from a photograph of the facade of the Bloomingdale’s NYC building, completed in 1930. I applied some perspective correction and packed them together so that the width of this image would not be unweildy.



Love the sassy _S_.

Seems like a DIY project to duplicate the letters.


Dec 19, 2016 at 16:39  [reply]  busco esta fuente

Dremie is a good suggestion.
Anchor Jack would also work as a substitute, particularly if the curves were given boxy corners.
AFAIK there is no font that closely matches the BLOOMINGDALE'S sign.

Suggested font: Anchor Jack


Dec 19, 2016 at 14:25  [reply]  help me to find this font

Custom lettering in a Spenserian style.
Redesign of the Saks logo
http://www.pentagram.com/#/projects/87099


Dec 18, 2016 at 22:13  [reply]  Font of "GERALDINE"??

A modification of a 19th century design called Egyptian.
Note the filled in terminals with a single serif on _G_, _S_ and the top of _C_, found in some fonts such as Alfa Slab One, which is a free Google Web Font.
Similar, but not a match.
To make a substitute for GERALDINE you could modify Girga -- suggested by APlaPi -- to have similar filled in terminals for _G_, _S_ and the top of _C_, and modify the bottom terminal of _C_

Suggested font: Alfa Slab One


Dec 18, 2016 at 21:53  [reply]  Merry font

Difficult to say for certain at this scale, but Tall Abbey seems very close, or perhaps a match.



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