Hi, Just to be clear, the title of this book refers to mail not to typography.
I mentioned this typophile forum to a designer friend, and he asked me to post the following. He's always wanted to know the name of this beautiful serif font. Any info is appreciated. Thank you.
the caps look trajan-ish...
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/trajan/regular/testdrive.html?s=LETTERS+CENTURY&p=48
but not quite.
Thank you both for your input.
Mark, Requiem it is. I had a (very) slight moment of doubt when I saw the "Y" at your link, but the character set also shows the "Y" used on the book. I'm sort of partial to that particular letter.
Just curious: Is there a special name for the vertical serifs at the ends of the "T" crossbar?
My friend will be pleased, and I like it too. Thank you.
Requiem has several alternate characters which can make it a little tricky to identify sometimes. The roughness of your sample image threw me at first, too.
I don't think there is a special name for those vertical serifs. As far as I know they are just called vertical serifs.
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