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Hello, while there are more than one monument industry alphabet containing this style of ‘J’, this one is the ScotchKut Double Outline stencil press alphabet. The metal Spacerite Double Outline being the first, but with some differences. Both of the alphabets contain alternate versions of the ‘J’ and wider versions of both ‘O’ and ‘Q’.
Because the alphabet changed quite a bit at different sizes, there are multiple digital versions of the ScotchKut Double Outline available in the MLC Font Shop which will match it at all of the various sizes.
MLC ScotchKut Double Outline – Smallest Size (1″)
MLC ScotchKut Double Outline -Medium and Larger Sizes (1.25-3.5″)
The alternate characters of ‘J’, ‘O’, and ‘Q’ are available in the MLC versions of the fonts as OpenType alternates. These characters are available in any software that supports OpenType features, such as Adobe Illustrator and CorelDRAW. If your software does not support accessing alternate characters but you would like to purchase the font(s), these characters can be sent in a digital file but must be placed manually.
There are currently no digital versions of the Spacerite Double Outline alphabet, but one will be added to the Font Shop as soon as it is available.
Hello, this is not any known plastic or metal version of Vermarco, and because of the 1979 date was likely a hand-drawn—as 1979 was prior to the creation of any digital versions.
Hello, this is a version of the monument industry font Free Form Roman. It is based on lettering designed by British artist and calligrapher Percy Smith. The American Institute of Commemorative Art brought it into the American memorial industry originally as part of their blueprint alphabet series, and it was later published in the American Monument Association book Symbols, along with several other alphabets.
There are several digital versions, with varying weights and styles of numerals (lining vs. non-lining), including some created by AICA members. There was a version available in the old Craftech software, which has since closed down and is now unavailable. There is also a version under the name “Featherleaf Roman”, available for Gerber users by the Drafting Shoppe.
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Unfortunately, they do not sell or generally distribute the font. The will do layouts for you for a fee.
Hi Carl, this is a custom Cold Spring Granite font name Monument Times New Roman. It is based on Times but with some changes, including the letter ‘J’, and entirely different numbers.
Hi John, this is Lombardic style lettering, sometimes also referred to as Uncial in the monument industry, though it is not an uncial style. As with many bronze lettering styles, I believe this is a custom alphabet created by a bronze company.
I have two fonts in the MLC font shop that are similar in style: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product-tag/lombardic-uncial/
The font needed to match the name and dates looks like the Olson font in the Monu-Cad software. There are no other versions available outside of Monu-Cad that I am aware of.
I believe the font used on the surname may be a different font.
Hello, this appears to be Zapf Chancery Italic, with the ‘J’ swapped out with one from another font. it is possibly from Regular Zapf Chancery, but manually slanted, or perhaps the ‘J’ from Lucida Calligraphy, which is another chancery style font.
