I don't know if this would be completely effective for silent movie lettering, but I've often had to seamlessly match fonts in the titles of sound-era films, and this site has never failed me:
http://www.identifont.com/ It's a series of guided questions, so even if you can't get a 100% match with custom lettering, you could probably find its closest equivalent. On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Dennis Doros <[email protected]> wrote: > There's been many discussions on fonts similar to what they used in the > silent era on Nitrateville.com -- some recent discussions are > here<http://www.nitrateville.com/search.php?st=0&sk=t&sd=d&sr=posts&keywords=fonts> > . > > There's also a font designed specifically for silent films that I've used > here <http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/typodermic/silentina/>. > > Best regards, > Dennis Doros > Milestone Film & Video/Milliarium Zero > PO Box 128 / Harrington Park, NJ 07640 > Phone: 201-767-3117 / Fax: 201-767-3035 / Email: [email protected] > Visit our main website! www.milestonefilms.com > Visit our new websites! www.portraitofjason.com, > www.shirleyclarkefilms.com, > Support "Milestone Film" on > Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Milestone-Film/22348485426> > and Twitter <https://twitter.com/#!/MilestoneFilms>! > > See the website: Association of Moving Image > Archivists<http://www.amianet.org/> and > like them on > Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Association-of-Moving-Image-Archivists/86854559717> > AMIA 2013 Conference, Richmond, Virginia, November > 5-9!<http://www.amianet.org/> > > > On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 2:35 AM, Ken Paul Rosenthal < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I'd appreciate any references to sites/resources for finding old silent >> movie title card fonts. I can't seem to find much online, just images, but >> not actual downloadable fonts. Thanks, Ken >> >> www.kenpaulrosenthal.com >> >> www.crookedbeauty.com >> >> www.maddancementalhealthfilmtrilogy.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > -- *SCREEN SLATE <http://www.screenslate.com/> / PUBLISHER/EDITOR / INDEPENDENT, REPERTORY & GALLERY SCREENING LISTINGS* *330.265.3875 / [email protected] / follow screen slate on facebook<http://www.facebook.com/screenslate>& twitter <http://twitter.com/#!/screenslate>*
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