Hello
Found this lovely old masthead font from an archive image of a French invoice apparently dated 1914...
http://olddesignshop.com/2012/02/free-vintage-image-french-invoice/
Interesting detail with the diamond 'Q' tail and the relatively squashed bowl on the 'U'...
Any clues or references?
many thanks!
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Seems pretty close to an older sans such as Akzidenz Medium or Monotype Grotesque, except that 'Q'!
...or a Frenchification of Folio...?!
Novocento seems to be getting close...
The ampersand is the clue here: this is a variation of Copperplate, and as Don said, most likely hand-engraved:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/copperplate-gothic/
Widen Engraver’s Gothic a bit, and it might also work (though it has a distinctly different ampersand):
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/paratype/engravers-gothic/
Hello and thanks for the clues, I imagine these are indeed some kind of localised engraved letterforms, seems close to a 'sans' version of Copperplate 30 AB, or a slightly condensed Engraver's Gothic...
many thanks
Matt
Copperplate Gothic was designed by Frederic W. Goudy for ATF in 1901. The condensed versions shown in my 1923 ATF type book are a good match for the digital ones now available from Linotype https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/copperplate-gothic/
I have not checked the earlier ATF books, but I expect that the condensed versions were offered before 1914 and would probably have been a familiar face to the French Engraver.
Clip the mini serifs and Voilà!
Don
Here is a little test trimming serifs from Copperplate Gothic 30AB (Adobe) — pretty close, thanks for the tip!
Captured from web.archive.org on 14 Feb 2015. view this capture
Looks like engraved letters. Most of the documents of this type from the era were not typeset.
For a substitute, without the special _Q_ think about a squarish sans serif. Perhaps Meta https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/fontfont/ff-meta/
Don