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slave trade poster fonts

johnniboy

1. what typeface is used for "100 Dollars" and "Emily" http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/slavead3.jpg

2. http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/content/images/2005_4311.JPG "Slavery"

3. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/abol...

the font for "negroes"

4. http://historymatters.gmu.edu/images/gotokansas.jpeg

"all colored people" * primo importante

Thanks in advance.!

J

You could probably go with Battista or Normande for nr 1.

...and maybe FTN Farao for nr 4?

thanks so much marten... the FTN Farao is lovely

You're welcome. I think ITC Founder's Caslon could work for nr 3.

‘Slavery’ in Nº2: similar to Bodoni Bold.
‘Negroes’ in Nº3: If you want to keep the worn look: The Fell Types might do the job quite well.
‘all colored people’ in Nº4: similar to Egyptienne T.

I agree with you on nr 2, Florian. But the R bugs me. It's more like the one in ITC Century. Is there a digital version of a Bodoni with that kind of slanted leg on the R?

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