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Font please, or similar? Thanks

20/06/2015 alle 07:50


Font please, or similar? Thanks

Caratteri Identificati

OPTIAnnouncement  Suggeriti da koeiekat 
Garton  Suggeriti da zose 
Odette  Suggeriti da claudeserieux 

Carattere suggerito

Society Page  Suggeriti da jerseygirl 


20/06/2015 alle 08:10

Carattere suggerito: Society Page


20/06/2015 alle 08:14

Fantastic, thank you very much!


20/06/2015 alle 10:01

jerseygirl ha detto  
Society Page

Are you sure jerseygirl? B, C, D, G, K, T ...


20/06/2015 alle 10:08

From Jerseygirl's suggestion I managed to find it, it's called Garton
Carattere Identificato: Garton

Modificato su 20/06/2015 alle 16:12 da Rodolphe


20/06/2015 alle 10:29

The Garton by D. Rakowski comes closer but the best match I have found is Castcraft's OPTIAnnouncement. Not sure about the M.
Carattere Identificato: OPTIAnnouncement

Modificato 3 volte. Ultima modifica su 20/06/2015 alle 16:13 da Rodolphe


20/06/2015 alle 10:56

Thanks for your time and effort koelkat, much appreciated x


20/06/2015 alle 14:58

Carattere Identificato: Odette


20/06/2015 alle 16:39

Thanks. I rejected the Odette because I could not find a matching A and C in the same font file So I went for the announcement.


20/06/2015 alle 17:23

Yet, since we now have a better picture, here we go. Just to show how critical it is to find a perfect match.
Top Odette, bottom OPTI Announcement. Both pretty close but not the exact match.



Happens all the time with revivals. Even with the same spec sheet.


20/06/2015 alle 17:48

It's ok, as you say these are revivals, so...


20/06/2015 alle 21:21

The green outline on the top is what you would get when you use the sample image to recreate the typeface.



20/06/2015 alle 22:32

The original


Modificato su 20/06/2015 alle 22:34 da claudeserieux


21/06/2015 alle 00:42

Nice, as usual. Do you have the complete spec sheet?


21/06/2015 alle 02:53

Yes
<Announcement Roman and Italic were designed by Morris F.Benton in 1916, adapted from steel or copperplate engravings, but not completed and released until 1918. These delicate faces have had some popularity for annoucements social stationery, and a limited amount of advertsing work, but are a little too fancy for extensive use. Oddly, some of the plain caps shown in the specimens, both roman and italic, do not seem to appear in any ATF specimens. Foundry records show that a 48-point size of the roman was cut in 1927, but no other listing or showing of it has been found. In fact, sizes over 24-point were discontinued after a few years, and all sizes were discontined in 1954.> Mac McGrew

Announcement Roman, ATF #456 (6-48pt)

Catalog ATF 1923, page 238
Catalog ATF 1934, page 126
Catalog ATF 1941, page 66



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