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I'm hired to perform various marketing functions for a restaurant. I am counting on your discretion but the NY franchise of this establishment has not been able to identify the type face of the original logo. It is very close to Olde English and Gregorian FLF but I have yet to match the font exactly. I fear that the type was modified and/or combined with another. The restaurant was formerly an Italian restaurant in Paris that was purchased by the founder in 1959 - so the font was created pre-1959. I haven't found any type face that comes close to the unusual capital V. I hope the experts here have sage advice for me.
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25 Oct 2012 — 2:08am
I fear that the type was modified and/or combined with another
You nailed it, brother: your best bet is either to accept a close substitute, or to commission a custom font.
25 Oct 2012 — 4:42am
It reminds me of Mariage, which might be a good basis for customisation or your best choice if you can’t afford to have the letters customised.
25 Oct 2012 — 12:52pm
Thank you kindly for the help. Can anyone recommend someone who could recreate just the name or an entire custom typeface? Best regards
25 Oct 2012 — 1:13pm
Most of the people on Typophile could vectorize that logo for you, and many of us can indeed even make a font out of it, including yours truly - feel free to ask for a quote:
hpapazian at gmail dot com
hhp
26 Oct 2012 — 3:23am
Accept Hrant’s advice: support your local crackpots…