Looking for a Victorian-style typeface with small curly embellishments

Posted by allisondub in

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31 Jul 2006 — 10:48pm

Hello,

I'm trying to find a typeface that's similar to this sample. The original is from the 1880s and I'm guessing hand-lettered. So I'm looking for a font that shares most of its characteristics, especially its width to height ratio (on the wider side), stroke thickness (relatively thin), and its very small curlique embellishments. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Stephen Lording
31 Jul 2006 — 11:15pm

Your sample (particularly the R) made me think of Kismet, which dates from 1879, but its embellishments are perhaps more over-the-top than what you're after?

allisondub
31 Jul 2006 — 11:29pm

Hi Stephen,

Thanks for your comment. Yes, one thing I'm looking for is the relative smallness/sparseness of the embellishments...so that the letters almost look undecorated at first glance.

timd
1 Aug 2006 — 2:15am

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/wiescherdesign/copperplate-deco/

Still over ornamented, perhaps you could edit them for small amounts of text.
Tim

wmayer
1 Aug 2006 — 2:59am

Hello Allison,

take a look at http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/solotype/bandstand/

although this typeface still may be too ornamented.

Wolfgang

allisondub
1 Aug 2006 — 11:07am

Thanks for your comments. Maybe what I need is a more neutral typeface with alternates, something like Ela Demiserif and Ela Swashes. Any suggestions?