(x) Albertus-like glyphic face - Village {Mike F}

Posted by robb in

Type ID Board

26 Aug 2005 — 1:20pm

hello all,
Was there ever an alternate "e" in some foundry's Albertus? What is this titling face? Could it simply be a hacked version?
http://www.metromystics.com/home.htm

Thanks for any help.

david h
26 Aug 2005 — 1:51pm

"Was there ever an alternate “e” in some foundry’s Albertus?"

Maybe. You'll never know.

Alternate(s) that I know:
"J", "M", "W", "&", "2", "4","0"
Albertus Bold: "&"

But I don't know about "e" or "E"

Bald Condensed
26 Aug 2005 — 1:51pm

Possibly customised, though seeing it used it'd make perfect sense to have that alternate glyph in the character set.

rotodesign
26 Aug 2005 — 2:55pm

It's most likely a freeware or reverse-engineered copy of Albertus mimicking the font used in the 60s TV show the Prisoner. From the Prisoner FAQ:

The font used in _The Prisoner_ is a modified version of
"Albertus" (dots removed from "i" and "j", loop of "e" opened).
...

There are two freeware Albertus derivatives, both of which have
been modified Prisoner-style. One is by Glenn Fleishman and is
called "Furioso"; the other is by Mark Heiman and is called
"Village". Both are available via anonymous FTP from
dworkin.wustl.edu:/dist/prisoner.