Typophile

1834 Newsprint Type - Sydney, Australia

brookeobrien

Hi All

Would appreciate if anyone can identify the font attached.

Cheers

Brooke

Font: 
Thorowgood D Regular
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Sydney Herald Font.png44.63 KB

Compare to Thorowgood, a fat face first cut in the 1830s. Digital by several foundries including
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/thorowgood/
UPDATE
The digital version:


Don

Thorowgood should work.

Adding some alternatives: Battista, Type No.8 and No.9 WF, Gravitas One, Falstaff, Normande

Fantastic, thank you!

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