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Good morning, unfortunately, I’m unaware of the name of this font, but I don’t think this is something commercially available as a TTF or OTF font. I believe it is either hand-drawn or a proprietary script font in some German or Scandinavian memorial design software – I’ve seen similar font styles in the software available in these countries.
Good news, the MLC Signature Series Elbreco font has been completed and is available in the font shop: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/mlc-signature-series-elbreco/
Hello Jill, I have run into this outlined version of Zapf Chancery before, but I believe it is either a custom version or possibly one available in some monument software I am not aware of. I have checked it against Monu-Cad, Gerber, Cochran’s, Flexi, Craftech, DesignMart, The Drafting Shoppe, Creative Premier, CGX, and SignLab with no luck.
Hi John, this is the SKS Double Outline plastic stencil press alphabets in the largest sizes (2″-3.5″), or it is a possibly a digital version in some memorial design software. Cochrans for instance has versions of it available. The punctuation has either been hand-cut or it was not drawn up directly from the plastic alphabet.
The MLC has a version of the font available in the font shop: MLC ScotchKut Double Outline – Medium-Large
Sorry John, other than the versions mentioned in Monu-Cad and Gerber there are no known purchasable fonts. I do have the rubbings of the stencil press alphabet if you’d like help matching the inscription, feel free to utilize the MLC matching service: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/cemetery-inscription-matching-service/
Hello John, this is Monu-Cad’s version of an old plastic stencil press alphabet. The capital ‘A’ and ‘L’ are from Monu-Cad’s “Roman Italic Medium”, while the lowercase is from their version of the font named “Stylish Sandblast 1”. There is also a version of it in Gerber named “Sandblast I ACCT. A.K. REV.B”, though Gerber does not have a version of Monu-Cad’s “Roman Italic Medium”.
The stencil press alphabet was listed in the PMD Cutrite catalog as “Fancy Roman”, though it is believed to have originally been a Gaspari/PALL Corporation alphabet. However, as of yet a PALL catalog image has not been found. Below is an image of the lowercase from PMD’s catalog. There was also an uppercase and a set of numerals.
The font used for the original engraving is Caxton. Unfortunately, it appears someone tried to match it using URW Garamond Extra Bold Wide for Paul’s name, and Garth Graphic Black for his dates, while attempting to modify the ‘2’, ‘9’, and ‘0’ in order to match the existing numbers.
Good morning, this is a chancery style font called Lucida Calligraphy. Some older versions of the font have serifs on the ‘2’, ‘3’, ‘6’, and ‘9’; but it is difficult to tell from the size of the image if it is present on this memorial.
https://www.myfonts.com/collections/lucida-calligraphy-font-monotype-imaging
Hello, this font is named French Script: https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/mti/atfrench-script/
Hello, no, there are no condensed versions of the Government font. Unfortunately, this lettering has been manually condensed by squeezing the text, which throws off the horizontal and vertical stroke contrast.
To match it you’ll need to manually condense your own version of the font.
Hi Teemal, it looks like it is loosely based on a font called Nabuco Bold: https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/ominetype/nabuco/bold/
However, the numerals are entirely different. It is possible they are both based on an earlier existing font.
