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Wonky geometric from 1951 children's book
Posted by Birdseeding in
3 Nov 2012 — 10:47am
3 Nov 2012 — 10:47am
The inconsistent diacritics may have been lettered in afterwards, but the rest looks inkspread-typey enough, though not very 1950s in style. Any suggestions? This is from the 1950s Swedish children's book Petter och hans fyra getter.
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3 Nov 2012 — 11:32am
Close similar: Lionel Text Genuine/Steam by Font Diner
It features a single story |a| though + some more differences
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I found it using Find my Font - http://www.findmyfont.com
3 Nov 2012 — 4:48pm
It's likely a metal typeface that has not been digitized. Erbar and Tempo are also similar. Unfortunately, neither of those interpretations are very good.
4 Nov 2012 — 1:33pm
Well, lookee here:
From a 1946 guide to lettering. Remarkable match. The rest of the book has pretty close lettered renditions of other typefaces so it must be something that was around at the time.
4 Nov 2012 — 2:28pm
Don't try that with Find my Font! :-)
hhp
4 Nov 2012 — 7:56pm
That would be Vogue, an Intertype face originally made in 1930 for Vogue magazine. VF Sans has a lot things in common with it, but I don't think there is a digital version of Vogue per se.
5 Nov 2012 — 2:41am
Ahh, I knew it was something I knew once but forgot I knew it. Thanks, Mark.
5 Nov 2012 — 5:32am
Thanks Mark, you really do know your vintage type.
5 Nov 2012 — 7:12am
I'm surprised it hasn't been digitized yet. I thought about doing it myself at one time.
5 Nov 2012 — 12:05pm
Sounds like a fair idea what with the current market towards weird-looking geometrics. Would it make sense to iron out some of the "errors", or would it better serve the reigning fashion to leave them as is? :)