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(x) Classic postcard chunky font - hand lettered {Patricia}

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Posted by hellomatt in
15 Aug 2007 — 5:47am

Hey, i was wondering if anyone could help me I.D this font. It is a classic vintage postcard font which i have seen used across old postcards mainly. Any suggestions much appreciated! Thankyou. Matt.

hellomatt
15 Aug 2007 — 5:55am
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sorry please click here to view it! http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/4020/floridaqq9.jpg

malbright
15 Aug 2007 — 6:11am
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Well, it's not the same font, but it kind of reminds me of a heavily modified Serif Gothic Heavy.

pattyfab
15 Aug 2007 — 6:33am
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These postcards were hand lettered.

pattyfab
15 Aug 2007 — 6:35am
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"The Land of Sunshine" reminds me of Las Vegas Fabulous from House Industries.

hellomatt
15 Aug 2007 — 6:50am
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thanks for your replies!
would you say all these style postcards were hand lettered?

view images of other similar postcards here....... http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/3425/picture1fc4.jpg

thanks again.

malbright
15 Aug 2007 — 7:01am
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I would say that you could find similars and with some Illustrator handywork come awfully close. Most likely, your samples were done by hand.

malbright
15 Aug 2007 — 7:06am
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You might find this thread of interest:

http://www.typophile.com/node/10844

hellomatt
15 Aug 2007 — 7:28am
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thanks for that link. very useful. think i might just get the old and paper out and draw that way!

thankyou.

oldnick
15 Aug 2007 — 8:19am
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I did a freeware font based on this kind of lettering named Vacation Postcard; you can get it here...

Stephen Coles
15 Aug 2007 — 10:43am
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The "none more black" section of our extra bold font list has a few that might work. But I agree that hand lettering is the way to go.

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