Serif font italic

31/01/2016 à 12:08

Police suggérée

Romana Suggérée par donshottype

31/01/2016 à 16:10

Just guessing, but the _G_ in this image, and the _R_ in your other post, suggests to me that this could perhaps be a true Italic version of a font category called Elzevir in France and Roemisch, Romanisch, Romaans or Romana in Germany, Holland and Switzerland. Popular in the early 20th century. A bold version was known as DeVinne.
AFAIK Nothing digital in the way of a true Italic.
A regular Roman version

Police suggérée : Romana

Édité 3 fois. Dernière édition le 02/02/2016 à 17:36 par drf

31/01/2016 à 16:48

Found an Italic based at least in part on Romana
Literaturnaya Italic
http://myfonts.us/td-jZz71j

claudeserieux

31/01/2016 à 17:35

Römisch Kursiv

Édité le 31/01/2016 à 20:04 par claudeserieux

31/01/2016 à 20:46

Darker appearance in this specimen is perhaps the result of printing bleed, or a heavier weight of the font.

Édité 2 fois. Dernière édition le 31/01/2016 à 20:52 par donshottype

31/01/2016 à 20:49

The matching Roman specimen

31/01/2016 à 21:05

AKA MacFarland
http://luc.devroye.org/inland/macfarland-italic-inland.png
http://luc.devroye.org/inland/macfarland-inland.png

Édité le 31/01/2016 à 21:06 par donshottype

31/01/2016 à 21:10

Wow, thanks both of you! Really really really helped me out. Thanks to both of you I found this website http://www.typografie.info/3/topic/24484-%C2%BBr%C3%B6mische-antiqua%C2%AB/, where as well the italic version of the uploaded image as well as the script-thing capital letters of my previous post can be seen. Such a shame Römisch/Roemisch/ Romanisch/Romaans/Romana isn't digitalised (yet). Also great to know a little history about the font, donshottype

claudeserieux

31/01/2016 à 22:46

Elzevir Plantin

http://collections.bm-lyon.fr/MIL_01CTF00101295MG10

Édité le 31/01/2016 à 22:48 par claudeserieux

#10

01/02/2016 à 00:01

Nafets a dit

You hit the jackpot with this one! All the letters -- including swash, correct weights, the works.

I agree it would be worth digitizing, particularly the swash caps.

Édité le 01/02/2016 à 00:03 par donshottype

#11

01/02/2016 à 00:09

Haha defenitely! Very happy I found it. Very nice font that should be digitalised. Only thing is that the image is not that large, so I can try to make it a font myself. But I should nog complain, really happy with it!

#12

01/02/2016 à 01:29

Nafets a dit

I tried to enhance the image but as you can see the results are poor

Unfortunately a digitization based on it would have to an "inspired by" creation rather than a precise revival.
I am tempted to try it myself, using the more detailed images of the halb-fett italic -- and the MacFarland image, as well as the Literaturnaya Italic -- that I posted for assistance on some of the details of the basic font. But not an endeavor for today.
I do wish you the best of luck in your project.

Édité le 01/02/2016 à 01:31 par donshottype

#13

02/02/2016 à 12:46

Thank you very much, I'll do my best to get the best result I can!

#14

normdes

13/01/2018 à 20:39

I'm not sure why I have this in my notes, but I ran across it on a scrap of paper in my studio and when I did a search I came on this discussion. I'll add it just in case someone else needs it.
"MacFarland. Inland Type Foundry, 1899. Also called Crawford (Hansen Type Foundry), Bradford (A.D. Farmer and Son Type Founding Co.). Named for Horace MacFarland, a prominent printer in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Adapted from the original German face by Gensh and Heyse called Romische Antiqua. ATF continued production. ATF No. 316, 20 pt.
MacFarland Condensed. ITF, 1899, Reg. No. 405095-405096. 'Original' ATF No. 119 24pt.
MacFarland Italic. ITF, 1899 'Original' ATF No. 317, 20pt"
-- from: Recasting A Craft: St. Louis Typefounders Respond to Industrialization, by Robert A Mullen, Southern Illinois University, 2005

#15

claudeserieux