Hi Mike et al I got two responses from my original request:
Andrew James suggested http://www.gate.net/~shipbrk/typograf.html The JSL Ancient font which is available as freeware from this site has the long "s" and several other characteristic pairs of letters including "ct", "st" and "sh". It has a slightly "hand-drawn" feel. Dave Bell suggested http://www.fontcraft.com/scriptorium which is a commercial font house. They have hundreds of fonts, and I am currently contacting them to find which are the most suitable. I hope this helps - please let us all know if anything else appears as there seem to be several Mailing List readers interested. Happy scripting, John ------------------------------------------------------- Dr J R Davis Flowton, UK 52.08N, 1.043E email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Cowham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 12 November 2000 16:59 Subject: FONTS > Dear Shadow Watchers, > As we have been discussing fonts recently, let me tell you of my > particular 'wants'. > I want an old Roman type font with the old fashioned s that is > shaped like f, but without the cross bar. Ideally the font should also > include the double letters like ct that were often run together as one > character. > I have found some gothic type fonts like this, but alas, not a > Roman one, such as was used in many books of 17/18 centuries. > I do have a disk with 1000 fonts, and another with almost as > many, but looking through the listings has not helped. Most of these > fonts are way-out modern ones. I suppose that the nearest font found is > PLANTIN, as used? by Plantin Moretus of Antwerp. > > Regards, > Mike. > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cambridge, UK. > >
