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roman-antique - letterpress fonts?
Posted by djbaz in
17 Oct 2012 — 10:10am
17 Oct 2012 — 10:10am
anyone know a typeface that would look like a paragraph blown up from a dictionary!?
want a letterpress/antique feel font with an italic and bold
the best i have found is Roman Antique but it doesnt have a Bold
http://www.dafont.com/roman-antique.font
thanks guys!
Barry
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17 Oct 2012 — 10:31am
Sorry, but: when is the last time you looked at a dictionary? :-)
Or do you mean the first dictionary ever printed? :-)
hhp
17 Oct 2012 — 11:23am
You may find interesting the work of Gilles Le Corre. He has some great antique revival fonts that I hope could fit your needs.
17 Oct 2012 — 11:30am
How about the Fell revival fonts by Igino Marini, e.g. IM Fell English Pro.
17 Oct 2012 — 11:44am
Guys, how about a font with a large x-height like would actually be used in a dictionary?
I guess what I'm getting at is: how much of this is about authenticity versus merely the perceptions of people who don't read print (or read, period) anymore?
hhp
17 Oct 2012 — 4:30pm
Samuel Johnson's 1755 dictionary--the granddaddy of all English Dictionaries, if not the first--was printed with a type that resembles Caslon.
18 Oct 2012 — 3:00am
thanks guys! really like the work Gilles Le Corre
is there anything out there thats a bit more contemporary?
Cheers
B
18 Oct 2012 — 3:54am
How about Collins using custom Fedra Sans and Serif?
https://www.typotheque.com/fonts/in_use/205
click on next page for Serif.