Typophile

A whole lot of numbers

christa

Hello typophiles,

I need your help in identifying each of these numbers. They are all architectural numbers and inscriptions found in Melbourne, Australia and are the source for my Honours project.

I’m no expert in this, but I’m guessing that they’re all custom? (The ’83’ looks like an elongated, condensed Bodoni, though). I need to know if any of these has been revived or if there’s any similar font out there.

Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks.

cheers
Christa

p.s. Another thread regarding my project: http://typophile.com/node/45275

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Stephen Coles

Architectural lettering, especially numbers like these are almost always custom. You could find vaguely similar typefaces, but these are not fonts, they are letters.

James Arboghast

Hi Christa. I’m one of Melbourne’s type designers, but I don’t take a lot of notice of architectural lettering, mainly because I’m kept indoors most hours by constant work.

Your thesis project sounds like a good challenge and I hope it bears tasty fruit.

Typophiles—-I don’t have time to pick fonts with numbers that more or less match the styl

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