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Criterion's Seventh Seal
Posted by adamschoales in
25 Apr 2010 — 7:21pm
25 Apr 2010 — 7:21pm
Anyone know what typeface is being used for the cover of this latest Criterion edition of The Seventh Seal? I really like it...
http://www.getthebigpicture.net/storage/dvd/7seal_criterion.jpg
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25 Apr 2010 — 11:41pm
Looks like Trajan to me.
26 Apr 2010 — 3:28pm
Here's a close up of it... looks slightly different from tragan to me (the R specifically)
http://cl.ly/g1T
26 Apr 2010 — 3:46pm
Definitely not Trajan. Look at the M and N as well. I will try to see if I can find it once I can see the image again.
- Mike Yanega
27 Apr 2010 — 10:21am
Similar http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/agfa/sackers-light-classic-roman/sackers-li...
see http://typophile.com/node/69904
27 Apr 2010 — 10:30am
Also similar, but for A and R:
http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/shinn/beaufort-pro/
27 Apr 2010 — 11:38am
Thanks guys, I'll look into those two. Its a really nice face, I wish I could track it down...
27 Apr 2010 — 4:56pm
This one is not exact either, but I think Cresci is fairly similar.
- Mike Yanega
28 Apr 2010 — 4:23am
PF Monumenta Pro looks like it could be it.
28 Apr 2010 — 6:18am
I vote for doctored Felix Titling...
28 Apr 2010 — 8:32pm
try over here:
http://ericskillman.blogspot.com/
29 Apr 2010 — 8:09am
I think I found it. This is Pacioli, without the outline structure (lower case in font map). The search term that turned it up was 'inscribed'.
- Mike Yanega
29 Apr 2010 — 8:47am
I was a bit lazy...
"Die Schone Schrift" by Frantisek Muzika, II, page 34: Felice Feliciano, year 1463, page 38-39: Luca Pacioli, year 1509.
congratulations:)
29 Apr 2010 — 9:12am
I did not have it in my Serif Guide, but now I do (along with 4 other new fonts for the Guide found during this search).
- Mike Yanega
29 Apr 2010 — 9:55am
Very nicely done, Mike. Persistence. This one was driving you crazy too, eh?
29 Apr 2010 — 10:22am
Thanks. Yes, you know it. These feel good when you can get a clear answer. Especially with Serifs these days, if I don't know it and I don't have it cataloged, then I want to know what it is.
- mike Yanega
29 Apr 2010 — 10:43am
originals (more than 500 years old):
Feliciano
and Pacioli
29 Apr 2010 — 10:53am
Thanks Jan for posting those.
- Mike Yanega
29 Apr 2010 — 11:50am
Wow, I am really glad that I read this thread.
I have both learned something new, and remembered that I don't have a copy of the Criterion Collection version of The Seventh Seal.