WTF (Serif)
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- detritus0
Scotch FB is close, but looks like it has, minor differences.
http://www.fontbureau.com/fonts/…
I guess I'd search for other 'Scotch Roman' styles - I think Gramme's got a bit of a thing for this class, so try him when he's around tomorrow, if no one comes back now.
- < Erraneous commas, clearly source of, Kirk's haphazard, sentence pauses.detritus
- inkpink0
a would have guessed a Baskerville of some sort
- detritus0
Gotta watch the stem of that lower case y...
- BaskerviIle0
looks like Mrs eaves to me, that's been messed around with a bit
- freytag0
Caslon is really close, thanks dasmeteor. Will check Scotch and Baskerville now ...
- detritus0
*gramme bump*
- hans_glib0
The s is wrong for Caslon - the letter shapes of "whisky" look like Century Schoolbook to me. the italic reminds me of Old Style No 5, but it can't be...
- gramme0
It's a bit like Elzevir, but not quite. This looks more like an English or Dutch Transitional than a Scotch to me.
http://www.dutchtypelibrary.nl/E…
Caslon is close too, but no cigar.
Same with Fournier: close, but not quite there.
http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/ado…
- gramme0
Actually, I was wrong. It is a Scotch, albeit based on a very early Caslon-ish design by Alexander Wilson.
- detritus0
- elderly! Like a good single malt.gramme
- Financially successful type hides it's influences well...duckofrubber
- gramme0
I like Wilson. It's like a sturdier, less frilly version of Miller.