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HLPS Atlas Italic is close

Eyerman — Mon, 4 Feb 2008 12:38:47 -0800

HLPS Atlas Italic is close to your sample. It, and a bunch of other period fonts can be found here:

http://www.cthulhulives.org/toybox/PROPDOCS/PropFonts.html

Note that these fonts have all been scanned from period advertisements, newspapers, documents, etc. Their target audience is a mix of prop makers and H.P Lovecraft reenactors(!) These are pretty rough, but their warts-and-all may be part of their attraction.

not really the same, but a

ChuckGroth — Mon, 4 Feb 2008 12:19:15 -0800

not really the same, but a nice flavor might be texas hero...
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/3ip/texas-hero/

Zildjian had their first

Ehague — Mon, 4 Feb 2008 12:04:15 -0800

Zildjian had their first American plant in the town where I live, Quincy, MA!

MVB Sirenne is based on a

Stephen Coles — Mon, 4 Feb 2008 10:59:04 -0800

MVB Sirenne is based on a similar lettering style.

Old handwriting

RickyD — Mon, 4 Feb 2008 10:50:44 -0800

Im searching a font like the number on this image with a long bottom leg

Thanks