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Hi Eric, this is a custom AICA member font named AICA-25, originally designed by members as a blueprint alphabet. You can reach out to your nearest AICA member for help, or reach out if you’d like to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service.
Hello, this is hand-drawn Old English lettering and will need to be custom matched.
If you would like help matching it for a new inscription, feel free to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service.
Hmm, a bit hard to tell but this looks like it may be Souvenir Italic. If it is, it looks like it’s been manually condensed a bit.
Hi Chris, this is a version of the Vermarco font. It’s possible this is a digital version, but it isn’t easy to tell without more characters shown. The MLC has several versions of the font available, including one based on the plastic ScotchKut stencil press alphabet, which should be a close match.
I believe this is a modified Helvetica font, likely created by Star Granite. I have only run into the font once before.
Hello, this is a custom Modified Roman alphabet used by WLC Monuments out of Ontario, Canada. WLC commonly uses it for v-carved lettering.
Unfortunately, there are no known versions of the font available, and it will either need to be custom-matched or you’ll need to contact WLC directly.
If you end up wanting help matching it, feel free to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service.
Hello, this font is named Caslon Adbold. There is a version in Gerber named Caslon Adbold Acct AK Rev F.
This appears to have been hand-cut in stencil, but it is possible that it was based on an unknown typeface.
I believe this was done by hand. The Modified Roman may be the Spacerite or ScotchKut with the outline added afterward, but the surname appears to be entirely custom.
Hi Darren, this is a Gerber Omega font named Jenson Medium. Though it is based on an old type alphabet, there are currently no other digital versions available.
If you would like help matching it, feel free to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service.
Hi Rick, the lettering for the names and dates is the old metal Spacerite Double Outline alphabet. There are currently no digital versions of it available. The MLC is working on creating one, but the letters changed a bit depending on the size, so several fonts need to be made in order to match it at each of the sizes that were produced. The MLC still needs to collect or take rubbings of the alphabet at several sizes in order to complete the fonts.
In the meantime, if you would like help matching the inscription for this memorial, feel free to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service.
Hi John, yes, this is all hand-drawn and hand-cut lettering. It is difficult to find a good digital font that matches closely because–being hand drawn–this style varies from stone to stone.
Hi Eric, it seems an uninformed designer has for some reason mixed the capitals from Murray Hill and the lowercase/numbers from one of the Gerber versions of Palatino, creating disunity, as the two styles clash. It appears the Palatino was also manually slanted.
If you do not have access to Gerber, you might try a version of the font called Palatino BQ.
