Typophile - Vaughan Oliver's Classic Mystery Font - Comments

Jaspert (as we aficionados

Mark Simonson — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:33:23 -0800

Jaspert (as we aficionados like to call it) is an excellent book for seeing samples of American and European metal faces. The main drawback to me is that some of the samples are only a few words. Still, there are faces in there I’ve never seen anywhere else.

I just wanted to say thanks

littledevil — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 03:34:00 -0800

I just wanted to say thanks for all the indepth comments from you guys, the site was real busy yesterday each time i tried to access, so couldn’t thank you earlier... i think i can finally rest on this one now. So thank you all.

I think Hannes is right, Vaughn i think, did resist the introduction of computers, and that would probably explain the funky t... I guess what your saying was that it was blown up from a smaller sample than the rest of the type...

Would Jaspert’s book be a good investment for a budding typophile? - I have been waiting for the new fontbook to come out, if it ever will... Is there one referance book to rule them all so to speak?

Many thanks again...

thank you Mark.

istitch — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:12:45 -0800

thank you Mark.

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btw
hope you all have a happy and safe Thanksgiving

Thanks Mark for the great

sim — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:01:58 -0800

Thanks Mark for the great precision and to share your knowhow with us.

The T is the only character

Mark Simonson — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:30:16 -0800

The T is the only character that differs from the samples of Imprint that I’ve found, but I think this is simply a matter of which size of the metal version was used as the basis of whatever version this is. The differences are also very small. (Ironically, Monotype’s is the most different of all.) If you have a copy of Jaspert’s Ecyclopaedia of Type Faces, check out the sample on page 120.

That’s what I think. The T

sim — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 07:48:25 -0800

That’s what I think. The T seems not to be a Caslon face.

Not sure, check the slanted

Hannes Famira — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 07:09:31 -0800

Not sure, check the slanted serifs on the cap T of the Dutch766. My guess is that you won’t find an exact match in digital type. Did Vaughan Oliver work with a computer in those days?

Nah, I think Mark nailed it.

Bald Condensed — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 05:30:05 -0800

Nah, I think Mark nailed it.

>the link works, but which

sim — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 04:55:23 -0800

>the link works, but which typeface are you suggesting? there are several to choose from.

I just want to show you there no one T of thoses Caslon are similar to your COCTEAU TWINS. I think it might be a Caslon with a custom T.

think they might have faked

istitch — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 21:07:53 -0800

think they might have faked the small caps by adding a small stroke to the letters at the smaller point size (which might explain the rounding/softening of the serifs)?

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It’s some version of

Mark Simonson — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 20:00:47 -0800

It’s some version of Imprint. Bitstream’s version, Dutch 766, is the most similar that I found.

They’re close, but i

littledevil — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 19:07:28 -0800

They’re close, but i don’t know... I’m pretty sure i’ve been along this line before, its frustrating knowing that its there but just not quite... It could well be version i didn’t check out -i’m guessing this sample is from the early nineties which would seem to rule out the recent revised caslon co ones...

The is S is the character that got me, whenever i was close that S would just be there all squat sitting up there at the end, it just didn’t match up -maybe an artifact as a result of being reversed out..?

the link works, but which

istitch — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:54:36 -0800

the link works, but which typeface are you suggesting? there are several to choose from.

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(i will am leaving the office and will check back when i get home, cheers)

This

sim — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:52:12 -0800

This one:
http://www.myfonts.com/search?search%5Btext%5D=caslon

which one? ———- nc

istitch — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:50:28 -0800

which one?

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Vaughan Oliver's Classic Mystery Font

littledevil — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:06:54 -0800

Hi,

I came across this a long time ago and couldn’t for the life of me figure out just exactly what this was set in, and so eventually i forgot all about it... Now i’ve just come across it again and i just have to know what it is... Can anyone pin it down? I’m hoping this one is going to be really easy for one of you :)

Thanks