Typophile

node 2013

unknown

This is from an 1920s or 30s era cigar packaging -- pulled from a Dover book on Art Deco era advertising. Any ideas on the closest digital version I could find?

Thanks.

Troytype sample

unknown

Dover has a series of cds with display fonts compiled by Dan X. Solo. The font you want might be on one of them -- unfortunately, I haven't found an easy way to know exactly what's on there. You might just have to go to a bookstore or art supplies store and look at them in person. Hope that isn't a wild-goose chase.

unknown

I don't think the font is in one of the Solotype disks. I got a listing once of what was on them. Anyway, I think this typeface is Linotype Memphis, which had identical alternate characters to the A & M shown here. See attached scan from 1930's Linotype Catalog. However, I can't see any evidence that the digital version of Memphis has these characters.Memphis scan

unknown

The sample is surely Memphis.

Does anyone know how Memphis was digitized? It seems that a lot of the original character of the face was changed, the lowercase g was substituted with its alternate, the numerals were also altered. Anyone know why?

Captured from web.archive.org on 18 May 2005. view this capture