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Hello, this is a memorial industry version of Times New Roman, which has entirely different numbers. DesignMart offers a TrueType version of the font, available near the bottom of the list, here: https://www.designmart.com/software/fonts/truetype-fonts/
Additionally, if you would like help matching it for a single death date, feel free to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service.
Hello, this is a version of a Modified Roman alphabet that was first made available by the Holes and McClellan company on metal sheets for transferring to stencil. The company later became the Floyd A. Holes Company. The version on the memorial from your photo looks like the serifs were made slightly longer by the stencil cutter. The Monument Lettering Center has created a digital version of the font, which is available in the shop, here:
https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/mlc-fah-modified-roman/
Hello, this is hand-drawn calligraphy. Back in 1984, there were still only very few lettering styles available to the monument industry in the form of plastic and metal letter sets.
It will need to be custom matched. If you would like help matching it, feel free to utilize the MLC Inscription Matching Service.
Hello, this is a version of a font called Benguiat Bold Condensed, but it looks like it has been hand drawn, or at least modified. The capital ‘M’ has been changed.
Hello, this is an old plastic stencil press alphabet names Fancy Roman. There are digital versions of it available in Gerber ‘s software as “Sandblast 1 Acct AK Rev B”, and in the Monu-Cad software as “Stylish Sandblast 1”. It is possible that there are versions of it available in other software as well.
The MLC has rubbings of the plastic letters and will be creating a font at some point, but until then, if needed you can use the MLC Inscription Matching Service to receive a digital file ready for cutting: Inscription Matching Service
Unfortunately, this specific Frosted Outline alphabet is something I’ve never seen before and is likely a custom font. There is nothing like this in any of the monument industry design software font catalogs I’ve seen, nor the pre-digital plastic and metal alphabet catalogs. The lowered crossbar on the ‘A’ mimics the SKS Double Outline at the smallest sizes, but none of the other characters match it.
Hello, this is custom Modified Roman “handcut” lettering, which has been based on the old metal Spacerite Modified Roman alphabet but made bolder by the stencil cutter. Both sharp and squared serifs have been used which is not typical and makes it less likely you will find a font that emulates this particular handcut style.
If you would like help matching, feel free to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/cemetery-inscription-matching-service/
Hello, this is custom square-raised lettering and will need to be manually matched.
Feel free to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service if you would like help matching it: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/cemetery-inscription-matching-service/
Hello, this appears to be a “square-raised” alphabet and was likely hand drawn, but if you have an image of the whole memorial it may help shed a little nore light on the situation.
Hi Tom, yes, I can match this for you. Just go ahead and put in an Inscription Matching order for a Single Death Date: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/cemetery-inscription-matching-service/
