19th century engraver's typfaces
19th century engraver's typfaces
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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
- Greedo0
http://www.letterheadfonts.com/
they have a ton
- barbtastic0
thanks, buds
- gramme0
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…- i.e., Victorian w/out all the attendant frilly horse shitegramme
- gramme0
Something a bit more turn of the century for good measure...
- barbtastic0
thanks! these are all perfect suggestions, much appreciated.