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"TAKE YOUR MAMA" is Windsor -- not sure about the rest.

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i thought it was all one face, so when chesh said the bold was windsor it threw me for a loop, but it very well could be.
Maybe it's not badly drawn, maybe i just did a bad scan job. At any rate here's another sample. Oh, btw, these are from the Scissor Sisters album artwork.

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It looks like Richmond in the Solotype Catalog (p.127)

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hmmmm there's GOTS to be a digital version of it out there somewhere... unless these guys pulled out the old photosetting machines to make their album jacket. thanks for the good tips tho. ;^)

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Richmond Old Style is how it is shown in Phi'ls Homage To The Alphabet Sourcebook (p.317).

Good one Mike, good luck Paul.

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hmmmm there's GOTS to be a digital version of it out there somewhere...


Of course, why?

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unless these guys pulled out the old photosetting machines


Unless Universal Records going back to the Middle Ages


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Enjoy the music!

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The idea that someone might still be using film type setting may not be that far-fetched. It's still not a bad application for short headlines. However, I agree it seems like the sort of thing SOMEONE would have digitized. The big problem is that very likely the name was changed. Jim Parkinson has a Sans Serif font called Richmond, and so does Linotype, although theirs is a Blackletter style. I only found one reference to Richmond Old Style and it was a reference to seeing it used for TV show titles. (perhaps more evidence that a font exists?)

Maybe someone out there knows how much photocomposition is still being done?

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Of course, why?

Cuz it would be very nice to find it wherever it is. Thank you very much, Sauron. ;^)

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The big problem is that very likely the name was changed.

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Thank you very much, Sauron. ;^)

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Hey! I have just see that big B in the Treacy Faces site... TF Wembley .

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Ignacio you found it! Wembley is identical to Richmond Old Style. It was one of the Headliners fonts that Treacyfaces acquired in the early 90's, and my supposition is that Headliners renamed it when they digitized it.

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