What font type or name did they use to render this image?
Typophile
What font type?
You've posted to the wrong part of the forum. Type ID requests are made here:
http://typophile.com/typeid
The typeface is called Shango, and is based on Schneidler-Mediaeval mit Initialen, designed by F.H. Ernst Schneidler in 1936:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/castletype/shango/
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