Given the uneven nature of the letters, I'm not convinced that it's a real typeface. However, if it is, I'd look into German Expressionism as the likely time/place...

Thanks Nick. I still have a very strong idea that this is a font I have seen before. I checked German (and/or) Expressionism and found something vaguely similar, but without the uneven weight. To me there seems to be a design style here, not just crude lettering, and given what it was used for, I'd not expect it to be custom work.

Anybody other ideas?

- Mike Yanega

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Still looking for someone who has seen this lettering before. Thanks.

In desperation I looked at Dafont in the Retro category and found Broken Poster which is based on the work of Frank Atkinson. The resemblance is too much to be a coincidence, even though the 'makos' lettering seems to have been re-styled to make it less jagged.

Perhaps someone else made another font based on this lettering, but at least this could be a starting point for them.

- Mike Yanega