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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.
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/
