Typophile

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Thought it would be easy… I always think it will be easy…

Seems to be popular with CAD sign cutters - hoping it’s not a proprietary machine font.

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I remember that from signmaking. The font is a standard Gerber Omega/Signmaker font called Caslon Adbold - sorry I cannot find a sample for you to compare, but I am certain of the name.

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Many thanks evan! Found plenty of sources once I had the name.

Sample here.

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The old Fontbank font CalentAd Bold is a match for Caslon Ad Bold except for a few details (the ball serif on the ‘a’ is slightly cupped, for one).

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