Typophile

Looking for decorative, all caps fonts

Dan Cotton0 votes

Font ID was made in http://typophile.com/node/121987
Were you looking for a wider range of Tuscan fonts?
https://www.myfonts.com/search/tag%3Atuscan/fonts/
Don

Thanks Don, that is a help. I was on Myfonts but none of my tags did any good. Tuscan is a new term for me.
In my mind it is also Victorian - because it is slightly ornate - but Victorian did no good in search results.

The best I can describe it is like western but more organic (not blocky).

“Tuscan” is the appropriate term for the style (sometimes also referred as “split serif”).
For more ornamental takes on the genre, you can also look for “circus”.

I associate that style with westerns. Where does the name "tuscan" come from?

Nicolette Gray, in her book on 19th century ornamented typefaces, surmises that these fishtail serifs originated with the Greeks and that their use became common in Rome during the third century. Some of the best interpretations of this style were accomplished by Italian illuminators and engravers during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Tuscany is a region of Italy.
Don

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