Typophile

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http://www.harlequincostume.com/res/img/banner/body_ab.gif

I haven’t a clue what it is. Perhaps someone around here will be familiar with it.

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It’s “Black Chancery,” a shareware or freeware typeface that has been around for a very long time (in digital font terms).

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Thank you, Mr. Phinney! You’re a peach.

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Black Chancery is one of the first freeware fonts. It is also one of the first “stereotypes”, used for every known fantasy convention from 1988-1994.

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I just hope that the sample was not actually from promotional materials for a performance of Mozart’s opera. Divine music deserves divine typography.

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