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Yes, this appears to have all been hand-drawn lettering and will need to be custom matched. Feel free to reach out if you would like to use the inscription matching service: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/cemetery-inscription-matching-service/
Hello Brian, yes, this is a very rare plastic stencil press alphabet called Condensed Polished Edge, by a company called PMD for their Cutrite line. I am unaware of any digital versions available. I have several requests for an MLC version but have yet to come across a set of the plastic letters. Attached is an image from the Cutrite Catalog.
This is likely hand-drawn, but a similar digital font might be Copperplate Bold Condensed: https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/urw/copperplate/t-bold-condensed/
Given the date (1989) and color of the stone, this is likely custom lettering by Coldspring Granite and drawn by hand. The lettering at the bottom has been digitized and is called “Runestone”, which is a Coldspring font, but the MLC is not aware of a font that matches what is used on the names and dates. The style of numeral 7 shown here, with the slight curve inward at the baseline is very rare to see in digital typography but was used commonly by English stone carvers. It does show up, however, in the commercial fonts “Perpetua” (in the old style numerals) and “English Engraver’s Roman”. It is also seen in a handful of North American memorial industry fonts which were based on English lettering styles, but none of them match what you have here.
Hello, this font is called Ballentines Regular: https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/ef/ballantines-script/
Hello Torrey, this is a font called ITC Benguiat: https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/itc/benguiat/
Hi Brian, not sure exactly what this is, but it looks like it may have either been done by hand, or perhaps it is a digital font like Helvetica that has been modified to match older lettering. If I take my version of Helvetica Neue Bold, manually condense it, move the crossbar down on the ‘A’s, and remove the strokes on the ‘1’ I get something very close.
Hi Brian, yes, “Lakehead” and “Fancy Gothic” are both Monu-Cad fonts based on old plastic stencil press alphabets. There aren’t many digital versions of the fonts available. The original alphabet was called Modified Roman Raised, by the PALL Corporation. The second alphabet was based on PALL’s, but produced by the PMD Company for their “Cutrite” brand of stencil press alphabets. The biggest difference between the two was the punctuation. I have created a font for the MLC based on the PMD version, but it was wildly different punctuation than the one in your photo, which I do believe is Monu-Cad’s Lakehead. I am not aware of any other digital versions of the fonts available.
Here is a link to the closest font available in the MLC’s library: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/mlc-cutrite-modified-roman-raised/
This is a font called Commercial Script. There are many different versions of the font, including some that have been modified for monument and sign-making software, but any version will get you close to what is on this memorial.
Yes, this is a font called Melior Bold: https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/melior/pro-bold/
This appears to be Helvetica Bold Condensed, or perhaps Black Condensed: https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/helvetica/pro-bold-condensed/
It is possible this a version specific to a monument or sign-making software that may contain subtle differences.
Unsure of the name, but this was a plastic stencil press alphabet by the Scheibenbogen company from Germany. It is very similar to Futura as you have mentioned, but not quite a match. It could have been based on Futura and modified, or based on another similar font. The MLC has a set of the letters, with plans to make a version of the font eventually. There is currently no known digital version of the font available.
This is almost certainly a custom hand-drawn lettering style and unfortunately not something you’ll be able to find a font to match.
If you need help matching it feel free to use the matching service: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/cemetery-inscription-matching-service/
Unsure of what version of Times New Roman that is, possibly a customized version available in a stone engraving software.
There are several versions of the first font–all with some differences. There were at least two plastic stencil press versions, one by the German company Scheibenbogen which I believe was named “Elite Roman”, and another by the SKS company in Canada which was later purchased by 3M in the United States. The SKS version was named “Modern Roman”. There are several digital versions. There is a version of the font available in the European Comcut software and named “NR-10”, which is based on the Scheibenbogen alphabet. There is a version of the font in the Monu-Cad software which was based on the SKS alphabet and given the name “Bailey 1”. The letter J and numeral 2 are the characters that differ the most between the two main versions. Unfortunately, the digital versions in Comcut and Monu-Cad are proprietary font filetypes and as far as it is known by the MLC there are currently no TTF or OTF fonts available for purchase for either font. However, the MLC has plans to eventually create fonts to match both.
