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Hi Buckley, this is a memorial industry version of Times Roman Bold or Extra Bold, which was given entirely different numbers. It is available in the Monu-Cad software under the name Times Roman; and in the old Craftech software, which has since been discontinued, it was named Century.
If you would like help matching it, feel free to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service.
Hello, this is a lettering style typically referred to as Round Serif, originally printer in a book on lettering by a man named Martin Meijer in 1956. It was brought into the industry by an AICA member as part of their series of blueprint alphabets, and was often done by hand before being digitized. There are several digital versions that vary in weight, and elegance, and most of them have been very poorly drawn. There are multiple versions created by AICA members, as well as versions in Monu-Cad, and Cochran’s software. As mentioned by Chris, the Monu-Cad version was renamed to K&O Sandblast 1.
This version is one of the more properly drawn versions, mimicking actual broad-nib calligraphy, and keeping the beauty of the original. This is likely one of the custom versions of the font created by an AICA member. I would reach out to Hunt Memorials of Nashville, as I have seen them use this specific version of the font.
Eventually there are plans to create an MLC version of the font, properly drawn according to the original version.
Unfortunately, this is not a known version of Condensed Roman, and is possibly a custom version. The t0p of the ‘A’ extending upward on one side is definitely unique, and not something seen on a Condensed Roman in any font catalogs from known memorial design software.
Hello, this is an inline version of an Engraver’s Roman. After a quick search I believe this is a font named Rosella Pro Inline.
Hello, this appears to be a hand-cut Modified Roman. This means a metal Spacerite alphabet would have been used and transferred to the sandblast stencil before being cut by hand with a knife.
Because it was hand-cut, the weight may vary, or certain features may have been embellished or understated depending on the tastes of the individual monument shop or stencil cutter; but there is digital version available in the MLC shop that may be a good starting point, here: https://www.monumentletteringcenter.com/product/mlc-spacerite-modified-roman-handcut/
Hi Lydia, each of these are examples of custom hand-drawn lettering. You can see quite a bit of variance from letter to letter, which you would not see with a reproducible letter set or font. Prior to the late 1960s there were only a handful of metal letter sets available for reproducing an alphabet on a memorial, mostly made available by the Spacerite Company. The inscription would be transferred from the metal letters to the sandblast stencil via rubbing paper and would then be cut by hand and sandblasted–or in the case of hand-chiseled lettering, the inscription would be drawn directly on the stone and then chiseled.
After the stencil press was created in 1968, many more alphabets became available to use as plastic letter sets, some of them being borrowed from common print industry fonts. So, much of the more unique looking lettering you see on older headstones was likely custom work.
Hello Chad, this is a custom hand-drawn inscription. You can see that the lowercase o’s are quite different in shape and size. The numeral 1’s also have a bit of variance near their top as well.
If you would like help matching the lettering, you may be interested in using the Inscription Matching Service.
Hi Monica, it’s a bit hard to tell from this photo, but it looks like this is a font named Life, that has been manually condensed.
Hi Scott, I believe this is a hand-drawn custom Modified Roman, though the G’s are more like a Condensed or Slender Roman.
Good afternoon, this is a font style typically known as “faux-hebrew”. Our Latin alphabet written using the style of traditional Hebrew lettering. There are a number of free fonts available in this style, as well as some available for purchase, though none of them will likely match this inscription exactly, as it appears to have been hand-drawn.
Hi Chris, the font for the names and dates is named Roman Italic Medium, it’s a proprietary font currently only available in the Monu-Cad software.
If you would like help matching it, feel free to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service.
