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1904 letterhead looks like Heavy Copperplate Gothic Extended except flat-top ampersand and lower bowl on B is bigger than upper bowl

22/05/2013 alle 04:15


1904 letterhead looks like Heavy Copperplate Gothic Extended except flat-top ampersand and lower bowl on B is bigger than upper bowl


22/05/2013 alle 04:26

zyxwv99 ha detto  
1904 letterhead looks like Heavy Copperplate Gothic Extended except flat-top ampersand and lower bowl on B is bigger than upper bowl

yeah, "R" is a bit diff too.
Anyway, I think Engravers, Sweet Gothic, Blair, Sackers... actually fits better but... they don't have serifs (update on-the-fly - there is a serif version of Sweet Gothic)


22/05/2013 alle 21:26

From SashiX suggestions, Engravers' Gothic has a 'flat topped' ampersand.


22/05/2013 alle 21:59

There is a rather new digital serif one with that ampersand but it isn't by far as wide as the one in the pict. Don't think that cut has ever been digitized.


26/05/2013 alle 13:11

Update
Taking into account that this sample dates back to 1904 ad that the image is taken under an angle and with a wide angle lens, hence the distortion, the typeface used can very well be the Schriftguss AG's Mimosa halbfett or a version thereof cut in the USA.



28/05/2013 alle 01:31

Thanks for all the replies. I have followed up on them. Engravers' Gothic has the 3 elements missing in Copperplate Gothic, but unfortunately lacks the Copperplate-style serifs. It turns out that both Engravers' Gothic and Copperplate Gothic were released by the American Type Founders Company in 1901. I think Engravers' Gothic pairs up well with Copperplate Gothic.

Here's a link to a page with photos of the original document. (If the link doesn't work, try Vintage-1904-Abercrombie-Fitch-New-York-LETTERHEAD on ebay.) If you scroll way down, there are more photos.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1904-Abercrombie-Fitch-New-York-LETTERHEAD-Ezra-Fitch-Lake-Mohonk-/161008814537?nma=true&si=T82zTNys9mVz%252BbQ2JSTuVcg4OoA%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Also, the letters seem to be raised. Apparently engraved, although I can't see any sign of it on the back of the page. I'm looking to see which engraver might have done the work; the Manhattan Engraving Company seems like a possibility.



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