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Hi Brian, this is a font called Academy Engraved: https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/itc/academy-engraved/std/
Hi Chris, this is a version of Condensed Roman (likely the Spacerite alphabet), which has been modified to emulate memorial designer Gene Brusetti’s custom roman lettering style. The more squared-off ovals of the curved letters, and the extension of the crossbar to the left side of the letter of ‘A’, ‘H’, and often ‘E/F’, are typical of his style.
Brusetti was head designer of Rock of Ages for many years, and many of the designs he drew for the company were graced with his signature roman style.
The Monument Lettering Center has plans to create a font based on Gene’s lettering, but it may be several years before it is completed. Feel free to utilize the Inscription Matching Service if you’d like help matching it: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/cemetery-inscription-matching-service/
Hi Jill, thanks for the photos, this is a font called Cambria: https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/ascender/cambria/
Hello John, this is ITC Avant Garde Bold Condensed. The condensed version is not as popular and is more difficult to identify than non-condensed versions of the font:
https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/itc/avant-garde-gothic/std-condensed-bold/
Hello Jill, it appears there was an issue uploading your photo. Please re-upload it and I’ll attempt to identify it for you.
Hello Andy, this is hand-drawn blackletter or “Old English” style lettering and will need to be drawn up digitally or by hand in order to be matched.
Reach out if you are interested in using the MLC Inscription Matching Service: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/cemetery-inscription-matching-service/
Yes, this appears to be hand-drawn and hand-cut. There are fonts that might match some elements fairly closely, but likely not all. The mixed ball-serif (2s, 5s, and 3,s) and sans-serif (6s and 9s) numbers will be difficult to find in one modern font.
Reach out if you would like to use the inscription matching service: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/cemetery-inscription-matching-service/
Hi Toby, this is Trajan: https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/adobe/trajan/trajan/
Hi Torrey, this is a font called Skia: https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/cartercone/skia-cc/
This is nothing I’ve ever seen before. The numbers look too similar to other monument industry specific fonts for this to be something I’d expect to see commercially available. If I had to guess I’d say this is a custom font created by a local shop, and will likely need to be drawn up to match.
Hi Mike, this is a customized version of the Spacerite Modified Roman alphabet with the serifs removed by the stencil cutter, typically called Modified Roman Sans. It became somewhat popular in the 1960s and 70s, though I’ve seen examples much earlier. It was popularized by many of the designers of the day, including Edward R. Peterson, and can regularly be seen in the design prints he sold to shops all over the country during that era.
Exactly where the serifs are were removed was up to the stencil cutter, so different shops developed their own styles especially on the curved letters, so there are often “semi-sans” versions as well.
The MLC has two available, a sans, and a semi-sans version, with some alternates for characters like ‘R’ that were often modified more significantly. The alternate characters are available in software that supports OpenType features, such as Adobe Illustrator and CorelDRAW.
https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/mlc-modified-roman-sans-ss/
https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/mlc-modified-roman-semi-sans/
If you don’t want to purchase both fonts for this job, feel free to utilize the inscription matching service: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/cemetery-inscription-matching-service/
Hi Nicolas, this was a little hard to identify at first, but this is two separate plastic stencil press alphabets being used simultaneously. You can tell by the two different ‘A’s and two different ‘Q’s.
The “uppercase” is the ScotchKut Raised Modified Roman
The small-caps, or smaller uppercase is the PALL or Cutrite*: Modified Roman Raised
Things like this happened when a shop had both sets but not in each size needed, so the inscription can be mixed.
* There are extremely small differences in the characters of the PALL and Cutrite versions so it’s unclear which version it is–though the punctuation was largely different.
Hi Mike, this appears to be the Spacerite Modified Roman, but pretty crudely hand-cut, with the crossbars on the A’s dropped down slightly (it looks like they missed a couple, including the second ‘A’ in January). The A’s crossbar being dropped down is common enough that I’ve included two versions with lowered bars as alternate characters in the MLC Modified Roman Handcut font.
