• Re: Looking for Singer Sewing Font

    From Andy Creel@21:1/5 to Iain Hallam on Tue Jun 13 14:34:28 2023
    On Friday, April 15, 2005 at 8:58:27 AM UTC-4, Iain Hallam wrote:
    Dave D wrote:
    Does anyone recognize this font? I contacted Singer here in the US and
    they are not sure what the font is.
    Thanks for any help.
    http://www.singerco.com/images/logo_singer.gif

    Looks like copperplate: http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/bitstream/copperplate-gothic/
    but the G has a left-pointing extension. Perhaps Singer used a modified version, or found a similar type with the correct G.
    - Iain.
    Hi Ian!

    Just wanted to say I went to Google with the same question as the OP and your answer was much more helpful than that Dick's posts. Thanks a bunch!

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  • From Mosh@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 19 15:32:59 2023
    Chill, mate; you came off as quite presumptious. If you have an idea about the face being used, ok, comment on it. But you sure did not sound friendly at all. That tone in your response was uncalled for.

    El viernes, 15 de abril de 2005 a la(s) 08:22:43 UTC-5, Dick Margulis escribió:
    Iain Hallam wrote:
    Dave D wrote:

    Bzzzt. Wrong. Next contestant.
    For starters, copperplate is something entirely different from
    Copperplate Gothic. Copperplate is a script style associated with copperplate engraved formal invitations.
    However, getting back to the question at hand, the Singer logo predates digital typography. In fact, it probably predates photoengraving. It
    most certainly predates Copperplate Gothic, which was designed by F.W.
    Goudy in the early 1900s. The original, after being sketched for
    approval, was most likely rendered in India ink and then routed, using a pantograph, in steel plates of various sizes to make logotypes that were then reproduced, presumably as stereotypes. The relation to the
    font-making process is tenuous at best, with the major point of
    convergence being height-to-paper.

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