


Hello, I am trying to identify this font taken from a scroll. The text on it:
Picture 1 -> Enza and Franco
Picture 2 -> Via L.
Picture 3 -> C Tel.
I have no idea which font can be, thanks a lot
Andantino, a revival/homage to Adagio, comes close:
http://marketplace.veer.com/font/Andantino-JBT0000063
Any more information about the source documents (specifically, their age)?
Hello,
Thanks for your reply.
Nice font "Andantino script", but the "E" is different.
Tried also "English 111 Adagio BT Regular", "English 111 Vivace", and "Gamundia Pro", but they are not the same... I have no idea about the age: it's like a business card.
"Andantino script" seems to be the best match, also if it isn't the exact font.
I should have mentioned that most of the old business and other cards I see in this forum are engraved or lithographed rather than a typeface.
Looking at the lack of connecting lines, which are easy to do in engraving and lithography, I believe that this is probably a metal jobbing font for letterpress work on cards.
In my opinion it is either a simplified Juliet or a font created with the same idea of making a version of English script that would be robust enough to stand up to letterpress printing of cards. Typefaces with hairline connections were notoriously fragile and it made sense to omit them whenever possible.
Don
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For a substitute I would use Ambassador Script
Don