Typophile

1923 Cycle-skating film

Dave A

From this Pathé film clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjtPn4orR9A

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This is most probably hand-letering and I can't find a modern digital match off-course... but you may like an interesting -similar in style- font from Nick-Curtis [2001]: Payzant Pen NF

The intertitle lettering artist seems to have been influenced by the style used by lettering artist Elizabeth Colwell. A version of her lettering from 1916 is the basis for a font by Fleisch & Apostrophic called Colwell

http://www.dafont.com/colwell.font

A toned down interpretation was published as a font by American Type Founders before 1923. Nick Curtis produced a digital version as McKenna Handletter NF

Luc Devroye has an informative page on Elizabeth Colwell's lettering and various digital productions http://luc.devroye.org/fonts-51178.html
Don

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