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Neil_Keller
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December 1, 2008
2046,

Although commercial fonts can approximate your sample, the only way to very closely capture its feel is with hand calligraphy, an expensive and tedious proposition.

Neil
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D__McCahill
Known Participant
December 1, 2008
Here are the Adobe fonts of this type:

http://store1.adobe.com/cfusion/store/html/index.cfm?store=OLS-US&event=searchFonts&type=category&cat=style&code=blackletter

Several of these are textura faces similar to the one shown.
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Neil_Keller
Known Participant
November 30, 2008
Herb, 2046,

For the reasons explained by Herb, I've deleted your download link. Under the circumstances, I certainly wouldn't trust downloading anything from there. Cookies, malware...etc. And links to questionable content are against forum policy.

Neil
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Neil_Keller
Known Participant
November 30, 2008
2046,

As a note: like many people here, I am reluctant to download (unknown) files. If you don't have your own server, you can place a decent size image for free at pixentral.com, which provides a direct view (and not download) for us from their server, and a small preview to click on in the forums.

Neil
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_2046_Author
Participant
November 30, 2008
ok,
I upload the big image here [questionable link deleted]

you r right i didnt noticed that this was a thumbnail
sorry
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_Herb_V_B_
Participating Frequently
November 30, 2008
The red part was handwritten (probably 500 years ago) and possibly the
black as well.

There is probably no font that matches all the letters in your sample;
and not all instances of the same letter in your sample are formed the
same way.

Here's an easy to page through group of blackletter fonts:
http://snipurl.com/6yhpu [www_identifont_com]

If you google for
blackletter fonts
you'll find a lot to choose from.

free blackletter fonts will yield MOSTLY free versions.

Also google for
fraktur fonts.

for any of these searches, you can also click on 'images' on the
google page. This will bring you right to some pictures of fonts, but
NOT necessarily the same ones that the text search does.

- Herb
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_Dave_Saunders_
Inspiring
November 30, 2008
Could it be that you have posted a thumbnail when you intended to post a large image?

Dave
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_2046_Author
Participant
November 29, 2008
thanks,
which one could be similar to that font,please?
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_Herb_V_B_
Participating Frequently
November 29, 2008
As I said, the image is way too small and of too low a resolution to
be able to tell.

Try googling for black-letter fonts, uncial fonts, and calligraphic
fonts. With the original in front of you, you'll be able to do some
comparisons.

- Herb
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_Herb_V_B_
Participating Frequently
November 29, 2008
The image is way too small and low resolution to determine which of
hundreds of black-letter, uncial, or calligraphic fonts might be
closest. It looks like a scan of metal-printed copy (at that
resolution it might even be hand-lettered) and it's likely that there
is no exact match, but there are definitely some that are close. The
ornamented initials would be separate from the font in any case. I
can't even tell what character it is - most likely an 'A', but I'm not
sure.

- Herb
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