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It’s hard to tell from this photo, but this looks like Monu-Cad’s “Individual Modified” font. However, the font used for the surname is a Gerber font so it seems strange to have them used together on one memorial, but the font used for the names and dates is not a standard Gerber font that I am aware of.
Hi John, this is the Spacerite Old English. The MLC has created a version of the font to match the original metal Spacerite alphabet. The numbers on the original Spacerite version, however, were sized down from the capitals. For instance, at a 1″ height for the letters, the numbers are about .875″ tall. The MLC version follows the original sizing convention for the numbers, but what you have here on this memorial looks like the numbers have been sized up to match the letter height. If you purchase and use the MLC version you’ll need to manually size the numbers up as well.
Hi Torrey, this appears to be the SKS Double Outline with the serifs manually removed. I’ve never seen this done to this font specifically before, which is likely due to the fact that it was a stencil press alphabet and not hand-cut, but I have seen it regularly with the old Spacerite Double Outline alphabet.
Unfortunately, I’ve never seen a digital version of this available and it will need to be custom matched.
Feel free to reach out if you’d like to use the MLC matching service.
Hello Toby, this is a font called Chapel, which is currently only available in Cochran’s Monumental Designer software.
If you would like help matching it for a final date, feel free to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/cemetery-inscription-matching-service/
This is a version of Bold Roman/Roman Bold, which has been manually condensed. It is likely Gerber’s version, which is one of several that has square punctuation.
The MLC has it’s own version of the font which will match somewhat closely to this, available here: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/mlc-signature-series-roman-bold-outline/
I believe this is Helvetica Light in Monu-Cad. The Monu-Cad version isn’t actually Lighter in weight, but slightly more condensed. It does appear that there was an issue with the plotter that created a slight horizontal shift to the lettering.
This is an interesting one. It looks like a mixture of Gill Sans (R, J) and Univers (numerals), but I’ve found nothing which shares features from both of these fonts.
Hello, this is an older version of font named Lucida Calligraphy. It can now be difficult to find versions that have a serif on the ‘S’, ‘s’, ‘2’, 3’3′,’6′, and ‘9’.
Hello Marc, this is a script font which likely has many versions under many names, but the two I am aware of are “Alto Greeting Script”, and “Atlast Greeting Script”.
Yes, this is a version of Times New Roman only available in the Gerber Omega software. It is somewhat more condensed and slightly bolder than other versions of the font.
Hello, yes, this is a memorial industry version of an old wood-type alphabet, created into a stencil press alphabet by the PALL Corporation under an unknown name. It was later made available by the PMD Company under their “Cutrite” line of plastic stencil press alphabets under the name “Fancy Roman”, and has been digitized in the Gerber software under the name “Sandblast I Acct. A.K. Rev. B”, but that is the only known digital version.
If you need help matching it for an inscription, feel free to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service.
Sorry for the delay Richard, this appears to be a version of Bold Modified Roman, but unfortunately I’m not sure which version. It is potentially a digital version of the SKS Raised Modified Roman, but the ‘A’ does not appear as wide as it should be, and the lower parts of the 3 and 9 appear too thin as well.
Unfortunately, this font eludes me. It contains some similarities to Della Robbia/Cantoria, but the ‘P’ and ‘R’ do not connect back into the vertical stroke on those fonts, and the ‘T’ also contains differences in the serifs on the horizontal stroke.
