Category: Press and typeface identification
Later topic: can anyone recognize this press?
Earlier topic: serial verification of C&P

Type ID

  • huey
  • on 5 Nov 09 (18:09)

I have no idea what this font is called. It has a lot of alternate characters and swash letters. Similar to Cheltenham, Caslon, and Garamond Italic fonts

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I’d say Goudy Cursive.

It looks an awful lot like kennerly italic, too.
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To my knowledge, Kennerley Italic did not have all the swash characters exhibited here. It certainly does look like Goudy Cursive.

Take a look at the area just below the face of the characters “H” and/or “m” and see if the number “477” appears. This is ATF’s number for the font Goudy Cursive.

The face is indeed Goudy Cursive, and if ATF cast it the number 477 should appear on the shoulder of the H or m. However, if your font was cast by Monotype, the number on the shoulder would be 324.

The face is indeed Goudy Cursive, and if ATF cast it the number 477 should appear on the shoulder of the H or m. However, if your font was cast by Monotype, the number on the shoulder would be 324.