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Dear all

I wonder if someone can give us a hand trying to find out which are the fonts (or the font if it is only one) used on this titling for a book cover. So far we have only found Trajan and ITC Cerigo that ressemble the sample, but note the flat tip of the upper case A (unlike Trajan), and also the sans-serif middle bar of the E. The ampersand, being uncommon, should be relatively easy to track down, but we have not come across something like it within a font ressembling the other characters. Please disregard the long vowel marks and the underdots, unless you have some specific information.

MANY THANKS IN ADVANCE!

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I can see why you liked Cerigo for a bit, with the odd serifs on the A and the unserifed middle arm of the E. Matthew Carter's Alisal also has both of these features, but other letters do not match, including the italic.

I'm still hunting...

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The italic in the sample is more calligraphic than slimbach... it would be helpful to know the source and when it's from. Could be pre-digital? Shares some character traits with Bembo, like the cap A, but it is not Bembo.

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Juan - contact the publisher - The Islamic Texts Society - www.its.org.uk

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