Patric,

Please post gif or jpg images in a size that can been viewed on a normal screen, like this (attached0, so we can all see them.

I think it looks like a Clarendon/Egyptian slab serif that has been slanted. It is not an italic face. Monotype Ionic Bold seems to have a similar amount of contrast. I have the font and will try it to replroduce this sample.

Well, it's not Ionic Bold! Try as I might I can only get close with various font mangling techniques. The font has to have a more closed C. but I think the technique was right. (Ionic is the bottom one).

Hi Mike,
many thanks for your response and the sample!

Cheers, Patric

I was fooling around with Photoshop, trying out various Century variations, applying strokes etc.

When I tried to match my creations on the top of the original "Concorde", I noticed some strange irregularity.

Finally I decided to skew the sample straight (straight "r" and "d") to really see what was going on and this is the result. The original sample is also distorted quite a bit (looks almost like every character was rotated separately, maybe it's an italic after all?:-o), It's difficult to say why because we don't have any info where the sample is from.

Yves, I thik it might still be some version of Century, like Expanded Bold (it has a different r)

OK, I tried the various Centurys that I have. The C serif isn't the same, but I think you can see that something like this was used. I did what I did with the Ionic sample, which I think is where Jan was going too. It's not the italic face of any font, I am convinced. Century Schoolbook Bold looks the closest to me, but I think some other Century version will be the answer, like Madison or some odd foundry's version.

Thanks for your support Mike!
The original "Concorde" sample is from the tail unit of the
British Concorde Pre-Production-Jet(G-AXDN). Have anyone
other suggestions?

Cheers, Patric

It surely looks hand-drawn.

Oh no, grrr...:-(, I need this font for my Concorde-Modell.

I think it's fairly clear that this was a custom lettering job.
The letterforms have typical modern characteristics, but I
doubt you will find an exact match among existing fonts.

The distortions you're seeing have to do with the fact that it
was drawn as an italic, not simply slanted from upright
artwork. When you slant ovals, you get an unnatural looking
south-west to north-east diagonal stress. Correctly drawn
italics are designed to compensate for this distortion. (You
can see the compenstaion if you back-slant them to
upright.) In this case, there appears to be a bit of over-
compensation.

Hm, I'm not sure. I found the attachment pic in the www.
It shows two catalogues from the seventies. I have no
idea to the print-production process (lithography?) with
fonts in the seventies. If I have more informations, I will
make an response.

Cheers, Patric