It's very similar to Bembo Schoolbook: trad serif, but with a single-story a and single-bowl g.

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/agfa/bembo-mt/?PREFS_SET%5BRenderSize%5D=60&PREFS_SET%5BRenderString%5D=The+markings

Maybe a different cut (or someone else's revival) of the same face?

The lower case g looks out of place everywhere else the serifs are sharp, but the decender on the g is round. This might be customized. As Marc suggested the a also doesn't belong notice its slightly larger or taller than the m and r

It looks more like the Bembo Schoolbook 'a' and 'g' were the only letters of 'The Markings' that came from that font. That would explain Dan's observation too.

Thank you.



"It's very similar to Bembo Schoolbook...." - Maybe.

BTW, this typeface is used by a publisher house. Here more samples.

I'm pretty sure someone decided they wanted a "dressier" version of Stone Informal (which also uses a monocameral a and single-bowl g). So they used Stone Serif, and borrowed the a and g from Bembo Schoolbook.

That seems to fit it beautifully. I think you got it Marc.

Good job!

MYSTERY SOLVED!

It is Stone Serif with use of special characters from Stone Serif Phonetic (scroll down the page).

I'm in publishing and would be very surprised if a book designer would actually borrow text characters from another font. Kind of a no-no.

double post. Sorry. Was too impatient.

Thank you again.


"I'm in publishing and would be very surprised if a book designer would actually borrow text characters from another font. Kind of a no-no." -

As you know there's always "first time". (I am not going to say a word about the book and/or the publisher)

Wow, Patricia,

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Nice work, Patricia. I checked the character set of Stone Serif to see if there were alternate characters for the a and g. Forgot all about Stone Phonetic!

I couldn't have done it without you, Marc. Stone Serif was your ID.

Yes, Patricia.

I was also thinking of Stone, but, as Mark, I didn't remenber the phonetic fonts. You've been really clever.

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