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Hello Robert, yes, there are a number of the used Spacerite sets still available. Will reach out via email this week for more details on what you’re looking for.
Hello Randy, this font is called Friz Quadrata. It appears as if the name has been manually squeezed, but the dates are at normal width. The punctuation is slightly smaller than it should be, so this is likely a knock-off version in a memorial or sign-making software. The font can be purchased here.
Hello Marc, go ahead and upload a photo of the letters here, or email a photo to info@monumentletteringcenter.com
There are a number of different plastic stencil press alphabets that were produced in a green color, so it is difficult to say without seeing them.
The Spacerite fonts will definitely not match your plastic letters, but there were multiple companies who produced different versions of the plastic letters, including SKS, PALL, and AISC.
Hi there. Sorry, I didn’t see the post until just now. This font is called Optima.
You likely have a version of it installed on your computer, but depending on which software you use it may have a different name. Many memorial design and sign making software have their own proprietary versions and have renamed them.
Hello, this alphabet was first produced by the PALL company in 1968 and called “Modified Roman Raised” or “Modified Roman Raised Letters” according to the PALL catalog. SKS purchased the PALL line of alphabets, and later 3M purchased SKS and produced them for a short time before they were discontinued in the early 1970s. Also in the mid 1970s the PMD began producing a version of the alphabet containing different fairly unique punctuation.
This is a font currently being worked on by the Monument Lettering Center, as other customers have expressed interest in this same alphabet. An update will be sent to you when it is finished. It is currently scheduled to be completed by May.
This font is called ‘Le Griffe’: https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/itc/le-griffe/
This font is called ‘Scriptural Art’, and was designed by memorial draftsman Conrad Kennerson in the 1960s as a set of metal Spacerite letters. The MLC will be creating a font based on the letters in the future, but for now if you need this matched please feel free to use the inscription matching service: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/cemetery-inscription-matching-service/
Hi there. I can say that these letters are in all likelihood a modern addition to the memorial, made to look vintage. This type of raised metal letter was not typical of these type of civic memorials of the time, which were almost always hand-carved in granite or marble–though the top of the memorial in this case is a ‘White Bronze’ metal memorial, which was very popular at the time and is actually Zinc. The material of the metal used for the letters would be helpful in dating them–but they appear to be aluminum or steel. Either way, you are looking at some sort of ‘slab-serif’ font to match it, or historically the terms ‘Full-Block’ or “Square Full-Block” were used in the sign-painting and memorial industries to describe the lettering you’re looking for.
Hi Liz, yes, this is the Spacerite Double Outline, which is believed to be the first standardized outlined alphabet for the industry. The MLC has an original 1947 advertising mailer for this alphabet in the collection, and rubbings of the metal letters at multiple sizes.
This is a font currently being worked on, but is not yet completed, and will likely be a month or two before it is finished. As far as it is known the font is not available in any monument industry software.
In the meantime if you need help matching it feel free to use the inscription matching service in the shop.
Hi Joshua, this font is called Daniela. It is a free version of the original El Greco font–but El Greco contains non-lining figures.
Hello Brian, yes this font was originally named ‘AICA-25’, the 25th font in the series of lettering styles produced as blue-prints by the American Institute of Commemorative Art association for its members, which included both alphabets designed by association members and others which were re-drawn from typefaces such as Optima, Univers, and Albertus. There have been several versions (most of which have not been made commercially available for purchase), and at one point was included in the now extinct Craftech monument design software as “Special Roman 2” which was a case of mistaken identity–as this happens to be the name of a different alphabet produced by the Spacerite Company in the 1960s, and ironically it is more similar to the Spacerite alphabet named “Special Roman 1”. Each version often has different styles of the letters ‘W’, ‘M’, and ‘Q’, and the original design included two variations of ‘M’ and ‘W’, which were included in the plastic press alphabets available only to AICA members.
Remco Memorials created slightly bolder versions of many different monument and print industry fonts and renamed them, including AICA-25. In this case it was renamed “Remod”.
Work is underway for an MLC version which will contain the various versions of the letters as OpenType alternates. Until it is released, if you need help matching any inscriptions feel free to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service.
Hi, this is a font called Friz Quadrata.
Hello Rob, it’s hard to tell at such a small size, but the font appears to be a version of Michelangelo. There are multiple versions, including Michelangelo BQ, Medici, OPTI MichealAngelo, and most recently Palatino Nova Titling. Each varies slightly.
Not sure if the memorial from your photo was actually created in 1974 as the death date suggests, but if so, the inscription may have been based on Michelangelo but at that time would have been hand-drawn and hand-cut in the stencil. In this case there may be further differences.
Hi Marc, I can’t be sure without a closer look, but this appears to be hand-drawn lettering. The width of the ‘E’s looks a bit too inconsistent to be a physical letter set or digital font. Either way, it is definitely not anything I’ve come across before. Feel free to utilize the MLC’s matching service if you’d like help with this one.
If you run into this lettering often, it is also possible to create a custom font to match the letters. If you’re interested in the service please send an email through the contact form here: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/contact/
