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Hi Kim, this is an AICA member font named AICA 25. There are many custom versions of the font, and this looks like the slightly bolder version named Remod which was created by Remco Memorials.
There are currently no versions available for purchase. If you would like help matching it, feel free to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service.
Hi Buckley, I’m unsure of this one at first glance. It has elements of Amerigo and other glyphic fonts, but I can’t say I’ve seen this font specifically before. I will need to do some searching around and get back to you.
Hi Rick, this is likely hand-drawn and hand-cut. Back in the 1920s there were only a couple of widespread options as far as reproducible lettering styles, though there were some companies that produced brass or paper letters that never gained much popularity.
If you’d like help matching it, feel free to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service.
Hi Torrey, this really depends on the software you are using to create the outline. There are not usually outlined versions of most fonts, so it usually needs to be done in design software, and not all software makes the process very easy.
If you would like help matching this lettering, feel free to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service.
Hello Kim, this appears to be a fairly modern typeface that I would place in the category of modern kitsch calligraphy. Unfortunately, there are hundreds upon hundreds of fonts in this style which can make them difficult to track down without significant time involved. Your best bet is likely going to be searching the main free font websites, or some of the less mainstream font resellers like creativemarket.com
Good afternoon, this is an old Modified Roman alphabet produced on copper sheets for the purpose of transferring to stencil via rubbing paper, and was first introduced by a company named Holes and McClellan, which would later become the Floyd A. Holes company.
The MLC has created a digital version, available in the font shop: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/mlc-fah-modified-roman/
Hello Torrey, this is a version of Zapf Chancery Regular, though it looks like the ‘y’ from Zapf Chancery Italic has been used.
Hello, this looks like the Spacerite Modified Roman was used. Because it was always hand-cut after transferring the rubbing to the stencil, the serifs and other features can vary quite a bit like this.
The MLC has a digital version of the font available, but because of the variation of hand-cutting techniques used, there will be some differences to what is on this memorial: MLC Modified Roman SR.
Hello Ayden, the font from the image you attached is named Modified Roman, and is most likely the Spacerite Modified Roman, which is the first version of the font created for the memorial industry as a set of metal letters and numbers in 1925. The punctuation in the image appears to have been hand drawn.
The MLC has created a digital version of the Spacerite alphabet, available here along with more historical information: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/mlc-spacerite-modified-roman/
Hello, this font is called Titus Medium, and is currently only available in digital form in the Gerber Omega software.
Hi Kim, while the artist may have borrowed some letters or parts of letters from existing fonts, this is definitely hand-drawn lettering. You can see an amusing mistake on the ‘i’ in “still”, where the half serifs on the stroke are going the wrong direction.
This would be best matched by creating custom lettering in the same style rather than trying to piece something together from similar existing fonts.
If you would like help matching this, feel free to utilize the MLC Inscription Matching Service.
Hi, this is Monu-Cad’s version of an old plastic stencil press alphabet by the PALL corporation. Monu-Cad’s version has the numbers from Zapf Chancery instead of the original numbers, and they named their version of the font “Valley Script”.
If you’d like help matching it, feel free to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service.
