I think it's Augustea, by Aldo Novarese.

- Mike Yanega

It seems like all the Augustea digital versions I can find are the Open version, but as I learned in past threads, you can strip out the black 'fill' layer from these letters many times.

- Mike Yanega

I've wondered this myself. I always thought the Y was custom, but I guess it's not.

I just hate that they shut down Opryland USA and turned it into "Shopryland" but kept the Hotel. Oh well, I guess the mall is pretty cool. I used to shop there a lot when I worked a couple of miles from there.

At least we've still got The Grand Ole Opry, which splits its time between the Opry House and The Ryman. (My mom was an usher there in high school, as were both of my parents in college.)

Viva Nashvegas!
Anyway, to get back on topic, Augustea does look right. Nice work, Mike.

Thanks for all your help!!!

-Bess

The new convention center and hotel complex on West End is about to eat Gaylord's lunch.

See a September MyFonts thread for Philippe's pointer to an Opti solid version of Augustea.

This was also sold by Image Club in a solid form as "Aurea Titling" (there was an Open version as well, called Aurea Inline). This was dropped between the time Image Club was acquired by Adobe and the point at which they ended up with Monotype Imaging. The only Aurea they sell now is a completely different font.

- Mike Yanega

Oh man, I grew up at Opryland, I miss those rides to much! We just went by the hotel last weekend to see the christmas decorations :)

I meant to go out there this year and see the Christmas decorations but never did. It looks like the decorations are still up and it ends today. I think my girlfriend and I will be going tonight!

What's Gaylord Opryland? I reckon it's not the homosexual ruler of Oprah Winfrey's daughter's imaginary realm?

Wikipedia link for Gaylord Opryland: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opryland_Hotel

Gaylord is just the company that owns Opryland Hotel. Apparently they own a chain of hotels. I think there's one in Orlando. Gaylord used to be an entertainment company, but I think they're in the hospitality business now.