Typophile

(x) Lora Lee - (similar to) Ballantines {Mike Yanega}

regan

hey
im trying to find wat this is called?
iv found something similar called 'larissa' i believe but not sure - and i can not find a mac download 4 it...
im not sure if the font shown is custom or not - but if it is i would be very grateful if u can provide any fonts/font names which fit into this 1950's style.
free download links very welcome.
im no expert so any help would be appreciated!
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Michael Yanega

'Larissa' is one of many names for a font whose correct name (I think) is 'Ballantines'. Other names are Biorst, Dianna, Cotillion, Balladeer, Progena & Premi. I have linked to two of them, as Biorst is only $2. You might use Fontseek to look for some of the other names if you are willing to take your chances that you will find an uncorrupted copy on a 'freeware' site. Considering that what you are looking for comes from a non-digital piece of sculpted type, I think this is a fair approximation for the style you want to match.

regan

thats great!
thanks mike
ill check it out :-)

regan

I had a look but they seem to be all truetype.
im using a mac, so im kinda goin after postscript... :S
any advice.
and i have no money so free is my only option at the moment !

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