Looking for wooden/decorative type

smongey
25.Jul.2008 4.42am
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I’m looking for wooden/decorative type similar to the white text in the H&F-J logo on their site. Anything similar to this style would we very useful. I’ve trawled through dafont and a few other free font sites and haven’t been able to find anything useful. Could really use some help.

Cheers



Florian Hardwig
25.Jul.2008 5.36am
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Hi Seán,

The ornate “H&FJ” in the background of our logo isn’t a typeface, it’s a piece of lettering created by Jonathan Hoefler.http://www.typography.com/ask/topics.php?topicID=13#Faq_107

You might find something of use in this thread: Circus Fonts and Wild West Fonts.
Furthermore: Madame. And some freebies, for good measure: Egyptienne Zierinitialen/Romantiques, Ringmaster.
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smongey
25.Jul.2008 6.05am
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Thanks Florian,

As always, very helpful :)


peterbruhn
25.Jul.2008 8.20am
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Bleisetzer
25.Jul.2008 8.40am
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...and don’t forget to look at some real wood type stuff, please:

http://www.bleisetzer.de/cms/front_content.php?idcat=42

Regards,

Georg
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„Ich bin ein Preuße, kennt Ihr meine Farben...“


badslicer
25.Jul.2008 4.13pm
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The german free fonts are awesome. Thanks Florian.


Florian Hardwig
25.Jul.2008 4.54pm
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You’re welcome.
I’m not so sure about them being awesome. They may serve some purposes, but usually, decorative wood typefaces like these have to be tall to unfold their full glory – and at bigger sizes, the shortcomings of these digitizations become visible.