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Greek-Like font used in the 50s and 60s

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Posted by talgoretsky in
6 May 2012 — 11:52am

Hello, Does anyone recognize this font? Ran it through Myfonts with no results. Thanks!

oldnick
6 May 2012 — 12:02pm
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Weiss Initials II, a reasonable facsimile of which is…

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/nicksfonts/quadrivium-nf/

talgoretsky
6 May 2012 — 12:11pm
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Thanks, Oldnick. Do you know where the actual Weiss Initials II is? Quadrivium is also good.

Té Rowan
7 May 2012 — 11:40am
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It seems to me that Dieter Steffmann's Weiss-Initialen would get you into radar range.

Edit: Added links for the google-challenged.

fvilanakis
6 May 2012 — 1:55pm
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Edit: (deleted - info was irrelevant)

oldnick
6 May 2012 — 4:06pm
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The original Weiss Initials Series II were cast in metal by the Bauersche Giesserei in 1928.

Martijn van Berkel
7 May 2012 — 9:27am
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Additionally, the curly G can be found in "Weiss Initialen Alternates".

Cheers,
Martijn

oldnick
7 May 2012 — 12:02pm
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Additionally, the curly G can be found in "Weiss Initialen Alternates".

As it can also be found in the uppercase /G/ position of Quadrivium NF…

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