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Some kind of wood type?

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Posted by canderson in
14 Oct 2010 — 2:35pm


Can anyone comment on where this might be from? Is it indeed wood type?

penn
14 Oct 2010 — 3:00pm
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Most likely woodtype with a backwards cut 'M'?

Frode Bo Helland
14 Oct 2010 — 3:17pm
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This appears to be William Caslon's Caslon Italian. Digitized by Paul Barnes of Commercial Type, but that one is not available. See here and here for available digital interpretations. The latter departs more from the source.

oldnick
14 Oct 2010 — 3:09pm
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doesn't have that funky M. but otherwise...

http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/nicksfonts/new-boston-wbw/medium/characters...

canderson
14 Oct 2010 — 4:11pm
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frode frank seems to have it right, at least in terms of the origin. Do you think this was a wood version or metal? it certainly looks like it was carved.

brianskywalker
14 Oct 2010 — 8:00pm
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The M does look weird, but it follows the rest of the design perfectly - the entire contrast is reversed.

penn
15 Oct 2010 — 5:51am
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Yeah, saw that in Frode's link — interesting.

Mike F
15 Oct 2010 — 10:03am
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Yet another candidate in the close-but-not-quite category: OK Corral by Michael Hagemann.

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