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An Edwardian era font
I'm looking for a font from (or derived from) the Edwardian era - (Not the font, 'Edwardian' or Edwardian Script)
It must be...
Legible on HD res screen for relatively quick reading
Hint at Elegance and Romance without being overtly so
It could be either...
A font from that era
or...
A contemporary interpretation derived from signage or calligraphy of the era.
Any advice would be gratefully received,
Thanks
Alex
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11 Apr 2012 — 7:57am
A starting point: http://myfonts.us/td-aIRUdU
11 Apr 2012 — 8:35am
Also:
http://www.myfonts.com/search/Mackintosh+/fonts/
hhp
11 Apr 2012 — 9:03am
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/urw/windsor/
Timely, elegant, with a decent range of options...
11 Apr 2012 — 10:02am
Thanks - all very useful - anyone have any thoughts on a contemporary interpretation? I saw this beautiful font Zadie which was 'inspired by Edwardian railings surrounding the Royal Army Medical College in London ' by A2/SW/HK.
11 Apr 2012 — 10:53am
Zadie may be “inspired by Edwardian railings surrounding the Royal Army Medical College in London,” but it certainly wasn’t inspired by Edwardian letterforms. It's certainly whimsical, but it falls into illegibility pretty quickly at smaller sizes…IMHO.