It’s probably hand lettered.

Kinda makes you wonder about the sanity of the town council though - yeah, that’s a GREAT name for a town, all in favour say ’Aye’.

It does say Kickapoo (not pod), doesn’t it?

Nick Cooke

I’ll second that.
B. Schnelle has compiled a great list of (metal) Blackletter faces; at first glance I couldn’t spot anything close. Then, a lot of the faces lack images. For some of them, one could find samples via searching for their names in the Global Type database.

And yes, it definitely says ‘Kickapod’ – if you compare it to other gothic faces like Fleischmann-Gotisch.

Being that I’m pretty sure it’s supposed to say Kickapoo, what we’ve got here is either a calligrapher who didn’t realize what he/she was doing when he/she made that o to look like a d, or it was a metal sort out of sorts that nobody was typographically swift enough to catch (this is very small town, rural Wisconsin, 1925...easy enough to believe) or the person setting it did notice it and thought it must be a “fancy o” and used it for flavor. Either way, it all of sudden has some pretty funny mystery and/or lore attatched to it.

Or, it really was the Kickapod Scout. And if that’s the case, I’m going to suggest they change the name of the paper to the Kickapod Crane. There are a few cranes around here.

Kind of Off Topic but I really love this FAQ! ;^)

Mister Fischer...Agreed. That sort of sums up why we moved here a few years ago. Sweden, eh? Coincidentally, tangentially, and further-off-topically, I’ve recently been cranking the latest Jens Lekman. Jens rules.

He sure does! I think his latest record is great...

> Posted this last Friday, didn’t get it solved...searched and can’t find the node.

Click your Profile, click Track and it’s all there. I renamed your thread because the name you gave it was too generic.