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"Causes of Mortality" multiple fonts (ornated split serif, grotesque, serif and cursive), 1858
Posted by Frode Bo Helland in
3 Mar 2011 — 5:54am
3 Mar 2011 — 5:54am
Hi guys. Looking for something else I stumbled upon this beauty (link is Wikipedia entry w/ hi-res image). It’s from 1858, and the author is Florence Nightingale.
The ornated split serif and grotesque
The serif
The cursive
Any ideas what these might be?
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3 Mar 2011 — 7:05am
The ornated split serif reminds me Figgins Tuscan and the cursive Kursivschrift.
For the serif, looks like a Modern... Have a look to 1820 Modern by Gilles Le Corre (and more globally to his fonts) or MVB's. Operina is also intesting...
3 Mar 2011 — 8:26am
Of course, it should be clear that while the document was made in a way so as to resemble typeset text in typefaces in current use at the time, it is entirely handwritten.
And, of course, 1958 is a typo for 1858.
3 Mar 2011 — 11:21am
Do you think so? I first had that idea, but en I thought it might just be uneven printing and years of wear and tear. Edited the title, btw.