19th century engraver's typfaces 77 Responses

Last post: 4 months ago | Thread started: Jul 23, 08, 10:54 a.m.

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• barbtastic

  what fonts do you think of when you hear this?

  currently i'm searching for 1800s fonts, victorian fonts... any other ideas or suggestions welcome :D

  Jul 23, 08, 10:54 a.m. – Permalink

• tank02

  http://www.moorstation.org/typoa…

  • great!– barbtastic

  

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  Dog-earJul 23, 08, 10:59 a.m. – Permalink

• capsize

  http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingam…

  • perfect, thanks a ton!– barbtastic

  

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  Dog-earJul 23, 08, 11:01 a.m. – Permalink

• Greedo

  http://www.letterheadfonts.com/
  they have a ton

  • yeah been here already... goood call :D– barbtastic

  

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  Dog-earJul 23, 08, 11:13 a.m. – Permalink

• barbtastic

  thanks, buds

  

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  Dog-earJul 23, 08, 11:41 a.m. – Permalink

• gramme

  Hmm, I think Victorian, I think of high-contrast, schoolbooky types, such as Scotch Romans and Bodonis...19th century-influenced type that would look nice engraved:

  Miller
  http://www.fontbureau.com/fonts/…

  Moderno
  http://www.fontbureau.com/fonts/…

  Farnham
  http://www.fontbureau.com/fonts/…

  Escrow
  http://www.fontbureau.com/fonts/…

  Chronicle
  http://typography.com/fonts/font…

  Mercury
  http://typography.com/fonts/font…

  • i.e., Victorian w/out all the attendant frilly horse shite– gramme

  

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  Dog-earJul 23, 08, 1:47 p.m. – Permalink

• gramme

  Something a bit more turn of the century for good measure...

  http://www.fonthaus.com/products…

  

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  Dog-earJul 23, 08, 1:49 p.m. – Permalink

• barbtastic

  thanks! these are all perfect suggestions, much appreciated.

  

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  Dog-earJul 23, 08, 1:52 p.m. – Permalink