Typophile

A deccagram of futura may weigh heavy - LXT2555

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hello again!

i've now entered the realm of decca - and it is not starting out nicely…

the ansermet recording of the boutique fantasque must have been rather popular at the time as there is a plentitude of covers for lxt2555 out there;
on this colourful edition "rossini respighi" & "ballet music" show distinct similarities with renner's 'steile futura' (u.s. marketing name would be 'topic')
G-maj. does lack the horizontal bar though (a retouche perhaps)
M, U and C-maj. are very different however
the C-maj. has more similarity with the infamous DECCA C-maj.
M-maj. with Erbar or Futura
U-maj. is bejond my abilities

the second font is a slab serif which i couldn't identify.

specimen attached; not the best quality though

cheers!

I suspect Steile Futura was the basis for |ROSSINI-RESPIGHI|; a modern digital substitute could be Great Escape, by Typodermic:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/typodermic/great-escape-rg/

|BALLET MUSIC| is tougher. With a little bit of editing, Cachet might work:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/mti/cachet/

|BOUTIQUE| does not seem to have a digital equivalent. Some options that could be customized to come close:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/woodentypefonts/doric/
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/storm/traktoretka/
http://haroldsfonts.com/portfolio/oaktag/ [Fill version]

I agree that "BOUTIQUE" lacks a digital version. This is a creation from the photolettering/dry transfer era in which the harsh triangular serifs from a nineteenth century font called "Latin" http://www.castletype.com/html/tipoteca/latin-not-wide.html are pasted on a base font with vertical strokes having parallel sections and a thick and thin _U_.
Compare to Doric which has softer curved triangular serifs which do not quite match.
Or "BOUTIQUE" could be made by taking a slab serif font with vertical strokes having parallel sections and a thick and thin _U_, and converting most of the serifs to triangles.
Don

i already tried with Bauer Topic - "rossini-respighi" works nicely (the g might just have been retouché)
i am quite convinced though that "ballet music" is just the same font as in the top line (there is a third line - not depicted here - with the same font just a little smaller)
i'd love to see a complete font here but i suspect that the C-maj. is actually an O-maj. with cut-outs in the style of the decca-C.
if one looks closely the U-maj doesn't seem to belong at all - top is in line; bottom too low compared with the other letters;
same with the M-maj. - a futura with a little bit of editing.

"la boutique" would be quite a disappointment if not available and or identifiable. reminds me a lot of remaining local 50s shop-signs

IIRC Latin, in its original form, was a popular font during the era for record covers. "BOUTIQUE" is simply a variation of the idea.
Don

Another couple of Latins that could be substituted for "BOUTIQUE" are Latin Compressed
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/latin/ and David Vereschagin's Spike Bold http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/quadrat/spike/
Don

thanks for all your input!

one thing i was tinking was: imagine the 'la boutique' without (slab) serifs - do you have any ideas which font would be closest then?
(all eyes on O, U, A)

here the last bits, featuring R, N & S

Castletype’s Latin still tops the match list, based on the additional sample....

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