thomaso Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Does one of you know a font search source to find ancient lead / metal types? (I doubt it exists digitally) I got 60 results at https://www.myfonts.com/pages/whatthefont but I don't look for a similar font but exactly that type. At https://www.fontspring.com/matcherator I got an error. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 2 hours ago, thomaso said: Does one of you know a font search source to find ancient lead / metal types? (I doubt it exists digitally) I don't recall seeing the term* Lead or Metal typeface. I think you may be looking for Fraktur or Blackletter typefaces, at least that is what your example might be called in English. * Serif, Sans Serif, Fraktur, Blackletter, Slab Serif, Cursive, Decorative, etc. thomaso 1 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.2 Affinity Designer 2.3.1 | Affinity Photo 2.3.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.3.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted May 15, 2023 Author Share Posted May 15, 2023 Thank you for correcting my semi-German English! – Is "lead" (as material) never used for these type of type? How would you call wooden blackletter? However, I guess for such a search the wording doesn't matter because I either would search via an image upload or by certain design details of specific characters. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 4 minutes ago, thomaso said: Thank you for correcting my semi-German English! – Is "lead" (as material) never used for these type of type? How would you call wooden blackletter? The only wooden type I ever had to hand set was huge, 48 point and up to 144. We used the term Display for it. Display as a term is used for the size being Large. Going from memory I recall names for the sizes, Book, Pica, Primer (Long and Double), and Display. Honestly cannot recall the teeny tiny four point type's size name (Hated that stuff with a passion). The relative width of the letters would change as the height changed, bigger point size meant narrower letters. And with some faces the glyph's overall shape would also change. It all had to do with legibility. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.2 Affinity Designer 2.3.1 | Affinity Photo 2.3.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.3.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacerto Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 5 hours ago, thomaso said: Does one of you know a font search source to find ancient lead / metal types? (I doubt it exists digitally) Have you tried this: https://library.typographica.org/specimen-books-of-metal-wood-type Good luck with its over 300 catalogues of metal and wood types, many of them pretty huge in size. This German catalogue (https://archive.org/details/hauptprobeingedr00baue) alone has hundreds of types and ornaments, some "Karten-Scriften" a bit like what you are looking for: A lovely resource... Old Bruce and thomaso 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G13RL Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 @thomaso, You can ask the question on this forum:https://typography.guru/forums/ it's a German site (in English language) that usually gives relevant answers. thomaso 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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