Greetings,
I’m trying to recreate the flavor of this delightful book cover, and I thought you fellow typophiles might have some suggestions for similars to the three typefaces—which are obviously hand drawn—that I could use as starting ponts.
Your help and expertise is greatly appreciated, as always!
PS: For our American friends—hope you’re having a great holiday weekend.
Hi Mike,
This is a very subjective question, since it’s hard to guess how much ’tweaking’ you want to do. I looked through hand-drawn lettering fonts for each of the three styles on the cover. (1) = HOW GAMBLERS WIN; (2) = OR THE SECRETS OF; and (3) = ADVANTAGE PLAYING. I looked for fonts without layering that you would use for (1) and (3).
These would be fonts I might try for these (just ideas based on a quick look):
(1): Ad Hoc, Rekord, Repent, Sinclair
(2): Escher Hand, Kooky
(3): Moulin Rouge Solide
- Mike Yanega
Hi MIke,
Thanks so much for the suggestions.
Moulin Rouge could work quite well. Would love to find fonts for the others that are a bit closer ... but these are excellent ideas and much appreciated.
Cheers.
Another suggestion for 2): Aeolian Demi by Harold Lohner.
I have also been trying to avoid popular fonts, because I think the ’antiqueness’ would be offset by something that looked too familiar.
- Mike Yanega
A possibility for 1):Road Jester, also by Harold Lohner. You’d need to pull in the points of the serifs, but the flaring might match the cover lettering fairly well.
- Mike Yanega
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