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Yes, I can help you with it but would need photo examples of as much of the existing lettering as you have available to work from.
Hello, this is the plastic ScotchKut/SKS Double Outline alphabet with the inside lines removed, creating a slightly awkward Bold Roman. You can see that the letters vary a bit on the name line when compared to the date, which can be seen most notably in the letter ‘R’, and is due to the fact that the plastic SKS letters differ at various size breaks.
In the MLC font shop you can see digital versions created to match the plastic letters at each of the sizes. Fonts designed to match the medium and large sizes, which should match the surname and name lines are bundled, can be seen here: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/mlc-scotchkut-double-outline-medium-large/
A font to match the smallest sets, which should match the date lines, can be seen here: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/mlc-scotchkut-double-outline-small/
It should be noted that the commas appear to have been elongated by hand by a stencil cutter, and will need to be manipulated to match what is on the stone. The original commas in this alphabet, as well as in the MLC fonts are much shorter. The ‘J’ used for this inscription was one of two included with the plastic alphabets, and is included in the MLC fonts as an OpenType alternate, which may not be accessible in your software unless it supports OpenType features.
If you’d like help matching it and would simply like a digital file for plotting, feel free to use the Inscription Matching Service: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/cemetery-inscription-matching-service/
Hi Paul, I looked around a bit but did not see a font that matches this in any memorial design software font catalogs. I’m not even quite sure what language this is, but I believe it may have been hand-drawn. Is this a form of Cyrillic?
Hi Chris, this is a font only available in Monu-Cad named Roman Italic Medium.
If you’d like help matching it feel free to use the Inscription Matching Service.
Hello, the top marker looks like it is a custom hand-drawn Old English, though some of the numbers look like they took inspiration from the Spacerite Old English alphabet. Feel free to use the Inscription Matching Service if you’d like help matching it.
The bottom marker is the Spacerite Old English alphabet, which would have been laid out with the metal letters and then hand-cut. In this case it looks like it was made slightly bolder by the stencil cutter. There is an MLC version based directly on the Spacerite letters in the font shop: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/mlc-spacerite-old-english/
Hi Darren, this is a Cold Spring font named Runestone (the font Mythica was based on this font, though they gave no credit to the original). They regularly use it on their mausoleums. The font dates back to around the early 1960s and I believe was originally designed by someone at Royal Melrose.
For Morton’s second date, someone used a very poor-quality version of the Government font, which has been floating around the industry for quite a while.
You can reach out to Cold Spring for help matching it, or if you’d like you can also use the MLC Inscription Matching Serice: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/cemetery-inscription-matching-service/
Hi Chris, this looks like a hand-drawn version of Garamond. Unfortunately, there are dozens of different versions of Garamond, and it appears as if this one was modified quite a bit, so nailing down a close version might be difficult. The ‘7’ for instance has a serif at the base, which I’ve never seen on any version of Garamond before.
Well, this one has me stumped. I can tell you that it is likely not a standard font in any monument design software. It is likely a custom font, possibly created by a manufacturer or retail shop.
Hi Paul, yes, go ahead and put in the order: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/cemetery-inscription-matching-service/
Hi Paul, this is the old metal Spacerite Double Outline alphabet. Unfortunately, there are currently no digital versions available.
The MLC has one in the works, but I’m still trying to track down sets of the metal letters at certain sizes, since this alphabet changed quite a bit depending on the size.
Hello, this is a slightly bolder version of the AICA-25 font, originally a blueprint alphabet created by one of the AICA association members. You can reach out to your nearest AICA member for help, or if you’d like to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service, you can find more information here: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/cemetery-inscription-matching-service/
Hello, this is a font called Lucida Handwriting. However, it looks like it has been hand-drawn so there may be some slight differences.
