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Hi John, this appears to be a version of Univers. Perhaps Univers 57, but looks like it might be a slightly wider version.
Hello, I apologize for the delayed response. This may be a better conversation over email, which I will send over shortly.
Hello, this appears to be a modified version of Times New Roman Black. I have never seen a font available online or in any memorial design software with these changes made to the J, S, 2, etc.
Good afternoon, Dan. This is custom lettering, with some quirky bowed strokes where you might expect straight ones. The style was used mainly in the first half of the 20th century by many prominent memorial design firms like Tiffany Studios and the McNeel Marble Company. Because it was hand-drawn, it varies from stone to stone.
Hello Eric, yes, I have created a version of Vermarco that matches Nelson Vermarco. It is not yet published in the font shop, but I will reach out to you directly.
Hello Ben, I believe this is custom lettering and not a font. Though never hugely popularized, this style of European influenced custom lettering was utilized by some of the industry’s leading designers for a short time during the late 1950s and 1960s—including Emanuel Neubrunn and Robert Young.
If you would like help matching it, feel free to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service.
This is possibly, or even likely to be, hand-drawn. However, these numbers are very similar to an old typeface named Bradley. There are several digital versions available.
Hi Buckley, I will look into the issue you are having with uploading your photo.
I believe I have seen this font before, but unfortunately have no information on it. It is almost certainly a custom memorial industry font.
Hi Randy, this is an AICA association member font named Elite Roman. However, these numbers are not the typical numbers that are used with the font. This may be a hand-drawn version, or someone altered the numbers of one of the digital AICA versions for stylistic preference.
You can reach out to your local AICA member, or feel free to use the MLC Inscription Matching Service if you’d like help matching it.
Hi Ken, this looks like a hand-drawn version of Modified Roman Raised. There were several versions of this available as plastic stencil press alphabets beginning in the late 1960s, but I regularly match hand-drawn variations for several customers who use the Inscription Matching Service. I have a digital version designed to match the plastic alphabets produced by the PMD company for their Cutrite line of alphabets, here: MLC Modified Roman Raised PC. It will be similar, but ultimately not exact and would need adjustments to match this.
Hi Brian, this is a font named Calligraphy FLF, a version of El Greco, but with several differences, including the numbers.
Hi Brian, I believe this is a hand-drawn frosted outlined sans—though I see similar lettering fairly often.
