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Maltese Falcon Font

Robert W.

This is probably a very simple question for you experts out there but I'm wondering what the font is for the attached lettering that appeared on the windows of Sam Spade's office in the John Huston film The Maltese Falcon. Was this a stencil letterhead? I'm sure it was in widespread use in the 40s. Any chance that it's still available today somewhere? Thanks in advance for your help!

As yourself said, that’s lettering, done by hand, not stencil.
You could find similar styles digitised by Letterhead Fonts:
http://www.letterheadfonts.com/

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