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Hello Grant, thanks for reaching out. I believe what you’ve got for the family name is a digital font based on the largest sized sets of plastic SKS Modified Roman letters. Depending on their height, these sets of letters varied slightly in weight and serif thickness. You can see in the attached photo that there is some slight difference in the thickness of the stems, and thickness/length of some of the serifs–which is why this is likely a digital recreation of the original alphabet.
The flat marker looks to have a digital recreation of the SKS Modified Roman Heavy Bar. This was a separate version of the Modified Roman alphabet created with slightly heavier “bars” or stems. I believe the apparent difference in weight is only due to the difference in size, and that only one font was used on the marker. The original plastic letters of this style did not change based on their size. You can see in the attached photos that the general letter forms are very similar (except ‘A’ which seems to be backwards on the stone–and perhaps ‘V’ and ‘Y’ as well), though what you have on your marker again has slightly thicker stems than did the original plastic letters.
Unfortunately, most digital versions of these alphabets are included as proprietary fonts in specific monument designing software, and it’s unclear which software was used to create them.
Fonts used in the photos:
MLC Modified Roman SKS 1.25-3″
Hello Renee, this appears to be either a custom lettering style, perhaps by a local shop at the time, or an old letter set that did not receive wide distribution in the industry. It’s definitely not anything available as a commercial font, and it isn’t in any memorial design software.
This will need to be a custom match digitally or by hand. Feel free to use the inscription matching service: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/cemetery-inscription-matching-service/
Unsure if this is a font or perhaps a handcut Modified Roman based on the metal Spacerite letters and made bolder by hand. Interesting that the ‘V’ is backwards. I’ve not seen this font included in any of the main monument design software font catalogs.
Hi Eric, this is a font called Victorian.
Yes, this is a version of a font called University Roman, and it appears to have been thickened up a bit.
I believe this is all hand-drawn and cut, and unfortunately I’ve never seen a font that is close to this. It would be best to match it manually, either digitally or by hand.
If you’d like help, feel free to use the MLC’s matching service, where matching this type of custom job is common: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/cemetery-inscription-matching-service/
Hello Korey, sorry for the delayed response. This appears to be a modified version of the font Lydian: https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/mti/lydian-mt
I’d be interested to know which software this came from.
Thanks,
Not quite sure, but it looks like some version of Century Old Style–though the ‘J’ looks more like Clearface.
This is a version of DIN called DIN Mittel Regular.
This is a font called Della Robbia Bold. It appears that this version has been made slightly bolder with a thin stroke, or is perhaps a modified version available in a sign-making software.
No, unfortunately it is custom lettering and will need to be matched by hand or drawn digitally. If you look closely at repeated letters you can see differences from letter to letter.
Feel free to use the matching service if you’d like help with it: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/cemetery-inscription-matching-service/
I believe the Modified Roman may be from SignLab.
The Condensed Roman is something I’ve had a customer use the inscription matching service for, but am unsure of which software it comes from. I’ve only seen it one or two other times. It could possibly be from a less popular monument design software, or perhaps one that is no longer available.
