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Good afternoon Renee. Unfortunately, I do not know the name of this font, but I have matched it on occasion, and I can tell you that it is a custom monument industry font, likely created by a manufacturer—possibly Rock of Ages. It also usually contains a different version of the 9 with no serif.
Unfortunately, this is not a font I am familiar with and after some searching have not been able to identify it. It is possibly custom lettering.
I believe this is a font named Arrus Bold. However, it looks like it may have been hand painted with lithichrome so the letters and numbers have been somewhat skewed.
I believe the name of the font for the date line is ITC Symbol Bold, which is different from the font used for the name.
This appears to be a font based on Filmotype Homer, one of the series of Filmotype fonts based on the same set of letters with varying weight, widths, and angles (Lakeside, Hemlock, Homer).
“Verve Script” is likely referring to the Gerber Omega font “Verve Mod. Conn. Acct. A.K. Rev. B”.
Hi Monica, I’ve seen this issue before, and it looks like incorrect settings on the plotter caused the letters to be deformed during the cutting of the sandblast stencil. The font used appears to be Goudy Bold or perhaps Extra Bold.
Hello, I believe this is one of the old Incimar CNC machine alphabets. It looks to be the Latino 221D1 alphabet with the narrower alternates for used for D, G, O, etc. You can see an image of the alphabet, here: https://www.incimar.com/en/alfabeti/
Hello, the font used for the name and dates is a version of Baskerville. It appears as if it has been manually condensed quite a bit. It is likely the Gerber version, “Baskerville Acct AK Rev B”. Other similar versions are Baskerville Handcut or ITC New Baskerville.
Hello, while there are more than one monument industry alphabet containing this style of ‘J’, this one is the ScotchKut Double Outline stencil press alphabet. The metal Spacerite Double Outline being the first, but with some differences. Both of the alphabets contain alternate versions of the ‘J’ and wider versions of both ‘O’ and ‘Q’.
Because the alphabet changed quite a bit at different sizes, there are multiple digital versions of the ScotchKut Double Outline available in the MLC Font Shop which will match it at all of the various sizes.
MLC ScotchKut Double Outline – Smallest Size (1″)
MLC ScotchKut Double Outline -Medium and Larger Sizes (1.25-3.5″)
The alternate characters of ‘J’, ‘O’, and ‘Q’ are available in the MLC versions of the fonts as OpenType alternates. These characters are available in any software that supports OpenType features, such as Adobe Illustrator and CorelDRAW. If your software does not support accessing alternate characters but you would like to purchase the font(s), these characters can be sent in a digital file but must be placed manually.
There are currently no digital versions of the Spacerite Double Outline alphabet, but one will be added to the Font Shop as soon as it is available.
Hello, this is not any known plastic or metal version of Vermarco, and because of the 1979 date was likely a hand-drawn—as 1979 was prior to the creation of any digital versions.
Hello, this is a version of the monument industry font Free Form Roman. It is based on lettering designed by British artist and calligrapher Percy Smith. The American Institute of Commemorative Art brought it into the American memorial industry originally as part of their blueprint alphabet series, and it was later published in the American Monument Association book Symbols, along with several other alphabets.
There are several digital versions, with varying weights and styles of numerals (lining vs. non-lining), including some created by AICA members. There was a version available in the old Craftech software, which has since closed down and is now unavailable. There is also a version under the name “Featherleaf Roman”, available for Gerber users by the Drafting Shoppe.
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