The closest thing i can find as an alternate is Mr. DeHaviland from Veer. Other than that, no luck.

Oh, that is absurdly close, thank you! It's too bad this project doesn't have the budget...will have to find something on the cheap, sadly.

Thanks very much for the effort.

Try Saginaw: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Saginaw

Monika Italic is a direct knock-off

It's not.

Both are different in lot's of the small details. And both seem to be independent revivals of an alphabet first published in "Script and Manuscript Lettering", published by the Higgins Ink Company in 1944.
http://www.tiendadelweb.com/121073846013P-script-and-manuscript-letterin...

The same set of alphabets, in a much bigger reproduction, was also featured in Architectural Lettering for Plans and Ornamental design. by Arthur E. Burke. 1953
http://openlibrary.org/books/OL6130009M/Architectural_lettering_for_plan...

There is no reason to remove the link to Monika Italic

Jajaja.. lol.... I'm not defending anyone in particular. Just contributing some facts when I think I have some evidence.

Here is one you will like: Saginaw is a commercial TreacyFaces font
http://www.treacyfaces.com/050806_TFSaginaw_2c5a.html
The light weight is awesome, and true to the original (See the image at the bottom of the TreacyFaces page).
The bold, instead, is ugly and has lost all the charm.

It was digitized from The Headliners New York, Inc., a hand lettering artist company that also created a few phototype fonts, but went out of business pretty soon.

It was a style of hand lettering typically used for Cars advertising, in particular Pontiac cars, from 1955 to 1957, like this vintage ad:

lol... here we go again...

You're very much defending certain people. But I've never seen you defend certain other kinds of people, even when they deserve it.

Same applies to you, but in the opposite direction...

And BTW, I just defended Treacyfaces.. :)

when a company goes out of business their IP doesn't necessarily become public domain

As far as I know, they are still in business.

Or try defending Typophile when you see somebody link to an unethical font.

Try taking Jared Benson advice, http://typophile.com/node/101076?page=1 (last post)

"Despite some obvious growing pains, Typophile remains committed to keeping the community an inviting place for designers of all skill levels to learn, share tips, and promote the art of typeface design. Our policy is clear against making personal attacks on the forums; it's one of the few places where we feel the need to intervene and make our presence known, as the result on the community is detrimental to our mission.

For years, the Type ID board has been a place where community newcomers can get help on a font they've got their eye on. However, recently it has become a place where new posters get accused and verbally accosted for speculative crimes. This is unacceptable and injurious to the community at large. This is NOT what we are about.

To be succinct: cut it out. If you think a request is fishy, ignore it."

The only "accusation" I'm making is that you seem to be too one-sided. I'm most impressed when somebody defends something they don't like, because it is just.

hhp

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I don't think you and Pablo are in the same category at all.

BTW why did you just edit your post to remove the reference to Manfred?

hhp

I'll be waiting.

hhp

And to raise your game by picking on Pablo Impallari rather than DPape!