This is a tuff one... and, after four hours of in-depth search, I am stymied (but not in the slab serifed sort of way).
I am developing a wordmark for a holding company with a name comprised of three sets of initials of the owners (what's worse, is that there is a backslash after the first three).
The saving gRace (or the solution) may be in the use of a capital "R," which appears after the backslash.
After searching through Rockledge, Font Bureau's spec book (3rd edition), and hundreds of Fonts on our sponsor, Font Shop, I am missing something: the capital "R" with a long flowing extender that will add grace, elegance, and dignity to the wordmark. Fortunately, after the cap R, two lowercase letters w/out descenders follow.
As of yet, I am not sure with this is going to be all-caps (not preferred), initials w/small caps, or U/L....
A titling font would be okay, but the face has to work on a business card and its vertical stressors, IMHO, shouldn't be too heavy in contrast for it to work on da web.
The cap "R" in BEMBO is nice, but, to me, even with proper kerning, it looks off... (Oh, the "R" is followed by an "i." )
Any suggestions? A gold dubloon or sort of compensation/contribution may be in order, even if its to "typophile.com."
Thanking you in advance for your help and careful consideration. Geo.