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Font similar to this calligraphy
Posted by svenni in
21 Aug 2012 — 7:35am
21 Aug 2012 — 7:35am
Hi.
I'm looking for a typeface that is similar to this lettering I found, done by Teucer Wilson.
Something with that broad nib contrast, flairing stems and hand-made feel, yet stability. It's for a tombstone, for my friend's brother.
http://www.teucerwilson.co.uk/content/images/castironlettering.jpg
Found here:
http://www.teucerwilson.co.uk/portfolio/othermaterials/
Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
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21 Aug 2012 — 8:56am
Check out Adobe Sava.
hhp
15 Sep 2012 — 8:06pm
Looks like many of the original pieces done/inspired by Hermann Zapf, along the lines of Optima.
And it really bears no resemblance to Jovica's font Hrant, other than it is calligraphic.
15 Sep 2012 — 8:06pm
It's a little far afield, but Boatbuilder might be worth a look:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/crave/boatbuilder/
15 Sep 2012 — 8:28pm
Michael, if I died, you'd have no reason to be here.
hhp
15 Sep 2012 — 8:28pm
No, just pointing out your ignorance.
15 Sep 2012 — 8:42pm
And never anything else, is my point. My 12-year-old isn't this petty.
hhp
15 Sep 2012 — 9:05pm
Nobody is being petty, just calling you on your lack of ability to see. Once again you have gone nasty and yet you want to be the victim. Poor you!
It is odd that you claim to be an expert and yet missed the clear resemblance to Optima, and the hand drawn forms that Zapf is so known for.
Britain's carvers are not as disgusted by hand-wrought forms as you are.
15 Sep 2012 — 9:14pm
I just finished an article on British cutters. Teucer... student of Kindersley, influenced by who else????????????
Hmmmmmmm. Wanna go around again?
15 Sep 2012 — 9:19pm
Whoops, your bad.
15 Sep 2012 — 9:28pm
Optima? Don't remind me! I'm still trying to forget that over-the-hill hag.
I have never claimed to be an expert at painted type (or anything else, really). And whatever expertise you might have you should use for more than just denigrating me. That's all you ever do here these days, and that hurts you more than anybody else.
hhp
15 Sep 2012 — 9:33pm
For when it was designed, how it was conceived and its enduring sparkle it is better than anything you will ever dream of doing!
Once again YOUR remarks are petty!
P.s. you are not reading any of my other posts. Just the ones where I "call you out."
Denigrate????? Look it up! You really have a victim mentality.
15 Sep 2012 — 9:39pm
So Michael, Sava is worth striking down but Boatbuilder isn't?
hhp
16 Sep 2012 — 7:09pm
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17 Sep 2012 — 6:18am
Svenni: I wrote to the carver Teucer Wilson to ask him your question.
His reply: he designs his own digital fonts, but they are not for sale -- yet! In the meantime, he suggests that you check out...
Everything by Michael Harvey
http://www.linotype.com/search/michael%20harvey#b99d745f909bc591c9e01c5a...
(I'd say to check out Strayhorn in particular.)
Everything by Hermann Zapf (as suggested above)
http://www.linotype.com/645/hermannzapf.html
He said, "I also like fonts like Bodoni Roma, Baskerville, Lithos, Baker Signet, Black Swan, Clairvaux, Torquemada, Edwardian script, Espresso, Rusticana Roman... Trajan, Playbill... I could go on. I guess it’s the design and what you do with the letters that makes them interesting, right? Also I tend to refine and change when I get to drawing on stone, and carving."
4 Oct 2012 — 6:54pm
Thanks for your inquisitive nature Skylar. It is hard to escape the identity of the forms in this particular piece. Zapf's influence is ever present in contemporary work no matter how much Hrant is unwilling to admit it. Teucer's work will appear in the upcoming Scripsit, DC calligraphers guild. His work there is very much a nod to Michael Harvey.
4 Oct 2012 — 7:02pm
Of course Zapf has had great influence over the work of others. Including Veljović. In fact the lc "g" in my Patria took some cues from the italic of his International (even if -like Noordzij- I don't think much of his œuvre). But in any case: none of that justifies you behavior.
hhp