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Hi Toby, this is a font named Edwardian/Edwalian.

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Hi Paul, this is the old metal Spacerite Old English alphabet, which would have either been hand-cut, or this is possibly a digital version. The 1’s are actually upside down, because the metal letters had a larger empty space below the number than above it, which is why they are lower than the other numbers.

I have created a digital version, which is available in the dfont shop. However, it appears the version in this photo is slightly bolder, so it may need to be given a slightly stroke/outline to match more closely: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/mlc-spacerite-old-english/

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Hi Chris, I am not aware of the exact version of Bookman this is, though it appears to be a version of ITC Bookman Light with somewhat more condensed numbers, and the 5 does not have the serif at the top.

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Due to both the style and the date on the memorial, this appears to either be a custom font or perhaps hand-drawn lettering.

Feel free to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service if you would like help matching it.

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Hi Torrey, this is a font currently only available in Cochran’s Memorial Designer software. It is named Chapel.

Feel free to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service if you would like help matching it for a death date.

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Hi Chad, this is a lettering style known as Free Form Roman. There are several versions available, but I believe this specific version may be a custom AICA association font, or is possibly the version that was available in the now abandoned Craftech memorial design software. Most versions contain “non-lining” numbers, which often extend above or below the baseline and cap-height.

If you would like help matching it, you may be interested in using the MLC Inscription Matching Service for this job.

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Hello, my understanding is that this is a custom Star Granite font, and is a modified version of the SignLab version of Helvetica Condensed, which is named “Heavy” in SignLab.

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Yes, I imagine this is hand-drawn, though it is possible that this is a font available in a European memorial design software, such as Comcut or ZSS (Ziese).

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Great, glad to hear you got it figured out.

A bit more information, if you are interested: This looks like it was based on the Monu-Cad version of a Lombardic/Uncial lettering style published in the American Monument Association book, Symbols,  published in 1982. Creative Premier Designs out of Elberton also created a TTF version at one point.

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Good morning, this appears to be hand-drawn lettering, but is likely based on the old metal Spacerite Old English alphabet. The MLC has a font based on the Spacerite alphabet, here: MLC Spacerite Old English

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Hi John, this is a font named French Script.

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Hi Chris, this is a beautiful old typeface named Aeterna. There have been digital versions of the font under the names Aeterna BQ and Adriano.

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Hi Torrey, this is a custom Cold Spring Granite font named Runestone.

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Hi John, this appears to be a version of Univers. Perhaps Univers 57, but looks like it might be a slightly wider version.

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Hello, I apologize for the delayed response. This may be a better conversation over email, which I will send over shortly.

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