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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.
Hello Nicolas, most–but not all–versions of Baskerville contain a numeral ‘5’ of this style, though I am not sure which version is used on this memorial. There are many, many versions of Baskerville.
Hello John, it’s possible this was/is a commercially available typeface, but it also might be an old concrete stamping letter set made exclusively for that purpose and was never digitized.
I’ve not seen a font that shares all of the characteristics of the lettering on the memorial in your photo, but if you just need something close I would do a search for “typewriter fonts” or “slab serif fonts”.
If the client would like to match it exactly it will need to be done manually, feel free to use the MLC matching service: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/cemetery-inscription-matching-service/
Hi Nicolas, this is actually a font called Cheltenham Bold
