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Font suggestion to match old towel embroidery?

packagingdesign

Hi,

I am trying to match this font to produce some more of these towels for a friend. This sample is an old family heirloom. I'm looking for a few fonts that might come close.

Thank you,

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Diego,
I think that many of the embroidery fonts don't necessarily have a corresponding print face, as they were set up specifically for the sewing industry, and what works with yarns.

What most of the script fonts don't share is the script lower case with the very pared down/almost print glyphs of the upper case in the sample you posted.

You can try Commercial Script or Monotype Script for a similar proportion/weight.

Or if you are having something actually embroidered you may find an existing similar embroidery font - Script for example comes very close.

Good luck!

Viviane,
Thanks for your help. I appreciate you taking the time to help.
I think I'm going to have to build the font by hand.
-Diego

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