Typophile - woodcut fonts - Comments

this might be a useful

aluminum — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:40:09 -0700

this might be a useful thread as well:

http://www.typophile.com/node/12892

Railhead by FontMesa is

Justin_Ch — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:43:33 -0700

Railhead by FontMesa is fairly similar but with a more ornate fill-in. “Tuscan” was the name of this 19th Century style so try a myfonts search for that.

right...i guess i was asking

schun19 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:16:50 -0700

right...i guess i was asking if anyone knew of a font that was similar to the one that says “peter cooper”

FYI, if that were a typeface

aluminum — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:59:13 -0700

FYI, if that were a typeface (it looks more like a custom plate) it would more likely be metal rather than wood. That’s some fairly fine detail for a wood face.

Some sources of ’wood’ fonts:

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/chank/blinc-pak/

http://www.withoutwalls.com/index.htm

http://www.p22.com/products/woodtype.html

http://www.myfonts.com/search?search%5Btext%5D=wood+type

woodcut fonts

schun19 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:37:03 -0700

i was wondering if anyone knew of any good woodcut typefaces like the one down below. i’m not really looking for the ID of the one shown but something on the same lines thats a good and legitimate woodcut font other than rosewood. if someone could help me out that would awesome.