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Font for modern Oldworld hotel

newageadam

I am looking for a font to use for the identity of a new boutique hotel that is all about a modern take on ’old world’ it needs to be a great family that is versatile like Mercury by Hoefler Frere Jones. I need a capital M with diagonal legs like the capital M in Calligraph 810, but don’t like it to look like it was calligraphy.... Please help?

Eben

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- What city?
- What kind of people are supposed to stay there?
- What does the building look like?

BTW, if you find a font that you really like but it has a non-splayed “M”, you could always just make a splayed one - or pay a pro to do it, since it’s tricky - in fact it’s technically the most difficult Latin cap letter. Usually I myself make complete fonts, but last year I made a custom “C” for a restaurant in Singapore: http://www.manic.com.sg/work_macaron.html

hhp

it is in Johannesburg South Africa. Super rich. Very discerning.

I’m thinking a narrow didone, like:
http://www.typofonderie.com/alphabets/view/Ambroise

hhp

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