If you cannot find a suitable font you could contact Elmo van Slingerland or Brody Neuenschwander to letter it. They are in country and both are excellent lettering artists.

Michael

Not script-like, but as close to chalk-like as you'll get: Tafelkreide.

Michael is right: best bet for exactly what you want is a lettering artist.

Get some chalk + chalk board and ask each of the servers who feel they have good handwriting to write out a line or two of the menu.

Pick the best one and have them write out the alphabet.

Custom font!

I just got back from a presentation, and it seems there is budget (thus time!!!) to explore 'making' a custom font.

Does anyone know of a good resource ( - i'm a graphic designer, not typographer/type designer) to start (books, software)... I would really like to do this myself (for fun and experience)...

Thanks for the quick reply's...

And now for some chalk and getting my hands dirty!

Marco

Don't know if this is any good to you, but try Gladly Mailed.

http://www.fontbros.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=DEAL-GLMA

JH

I was going to suggest Regular Joe, but I see now that you are going to go for the Full Monty, so be sure to show us when you finish!

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/grouptype/regular-joe/

ITC Arid, which I am currently using, fits the bill…

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/arid-itc/

And to make it more ‘special’ you could un-slant it a bit.

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Bert Vanderveen BNO

David Quay's Bronx would be my suggestion:

http://www.myfonts.com/search?search%5Btext%5D=Bronx

i've used chalk dust (not a script though and may not be elegant enough)

http://www.fonts.com/findfonts/detail.asp?pid=415492&redirect=Download+font