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Hello, this is a font called Latin 725. There are also versions by the same type designer, Adrian Frutiger, for different foundries under the names Meridien and Frutiger Serif.
Hello, this is an old plastic stencil press alphabet by the PALL corporation, and became fairly popular in and around Scandanavia. It has been digitized by several memorial design software companies.
I have a set of the plastic letters and can match it for you if you’d like to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service.
This is a font called “Roman Modified Script” in Cochran’s software. It is based on a lettering style from a 1923 book titled “Lettering in Marble” by the Vermont Marble Company.
If you would like help matching it, feel free to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service.
Hello, this font has a bit of an unclear history, but it is a version of Times New Roman Bold that has been given alternate numbers, and typically used in the UK. There is a version of it with these numbers available in the Monu-Cad software, but it was not likely designed by Monu-Cad and was likely included at the request of one of their early UK users. There are almost certainly other versions of the font available in other memorial design software that are more popular in the UK than Monu-Cad. It is not available commercially as a TrueType or OpenType font.
Hi Tom, this is a custom AICA member font named Regal Roman. You can reach out to your local AICA member who created the monument and they can help you match it, or feel free to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service.
This appears to be a custom version of Times New Roman. Someone likely modified it to make it more difficult to match, or perhaps for personal preference.
Hello Rick, this is a monument industry font available in Cochran’s Monumental Design software. Cochran’s version is named Roman Modified Script, and it is based on an alphabet from an old Vermont Marble Company lettering booklet printed in 1923 titled Lettering in Marble.
If you would like help matching it, feel free to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service.
This is a hand-drawn Lombardic style alphabet that appears to have been loosely based on the Spacerite “Uncial Gothic” alphabet, though the lettering for the surname is quite different, the name and dates is similar.
If you would like help matching this, feel free to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service.
This very much looks like a Times New Roman Bold that has been modified both in contrast (thick and thin variation) and width (manually condensed). I’m unaware of any commercially available versions of the font that will match what you have here.
Hi Brian, this is Optima Bold, or perhaps even Optima Black, with an outline that’s been added in some design software.
Hello, this is a monument industry-specific version of Times New Roman, that has been given entirely different numbers, along with a redesigned ‘J’. DesignMart carries a version of the font.
If you would like help matching it feel free to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service.
Hello, this is a specific version of an AICA member alphabet, which is typically referred to as “Round Serif”, and has been given numbers based on Zapf Chancery–though at least the numeral ‘1’ has been modified. There are quite a few versions of the font available, including one in Cochran’s Monumental Designer, and one in Monu-Cad, but both are a bit more clumsy looking and neither will match this version.
Claustrum, as well as Round Serif, are both based on lettering from a 1956 book called Script Lettering, by M. Meijer. His version was titled “Gothic Text”, and contained no numbers, which is why there are so many different variations of them. Meijer may also have used older source material when creating the style.
Claustrum will be similar to the lettering, and Zapf Chancery can be used for the numbers with some light modification.
If you would like help matching it, feel free to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service.
This may be Monu-Cad’s “Script Sandblast”, which is based on the font Commercial Script–but has been made bolder for better sandblasting at small sizes. However, it does appear to have at least been manipulated by hand, and the capital letter ‘I’ was used in place of the ‘J’. If you look at the two ‘J’s you can see they are quite different. The letter ‘p’ also seems to have been changed.
Hello, you might find a font or two that you can use as a starting point to match this, but ultimately it will require heavy manipulation in order to match all of the features of this lettering. It may be best to simply start from scratch and draw the letters up.
If you’d like help matching it you can use the MLC Inscription Matching Service.
