El Cid Movie Title (1961)

alyce13 March 2007 · 16:05

Any assistance is appreciated.

Look closely, the shading gives this the illusion of a serif font, but I don't think it is.

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Lex Kominek13 March 2007 · 16:44

This poster would have been drawn by hand, including the lettering. Imagine how much of a hassle it would have been to put perspective like this on a font before computers compared with drawing five letters by hand.

See this thread for some suggestions of big fonts with small serifs.

- Lex

Lex Kominek13 March 2007 · 16:45

Also, "EL" is similar to Serpentine.

- Lex

alyce13 March 2007 · 16:58

Thanks Lex, the Laudatio Bold has definite possibilities.

marcox13 March 2007 · 20:57

Nick Shinn's Beaufort is the face you want when tiny sharp serifs are required. The Heavy weight would be good in this instance:

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/shinn/beaufort/

alyce14 March 2007 · 12:02

Nice!!

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