# Need Help Identifying Font **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 28, 2010, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-font/537605 "2010-04-28T04:36:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Suil\_Dubh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Suil\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suil_Dubh)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-font/537605/1 "2010-04-28T04:36:19Z")
Does anyone know the name of this font? [![](http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae254/Suil_Dubh/Font.jpg) ](http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae254/Suil_Dubh/Font.jpg) It’s often used in fantasy roleplaying and wargaming rulebooks. I’ve been wanting to get a hold of it for ages. If anyone can point out where I can find / buy / download it, it would be greatly appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-font/537605/2 "2010-04-28T05:46:41Z")
Are the little irregularities (e.g. in the “O”) part of the design, or is this some kind of bad reproduction? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-font/537605/3 "2010-04-28T05:49:15Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Are the little irregularities (e.g. in the “O”) part of the design, or is this some kind of bad reproduction? I’d assume design. The duplicated letters (T, M, E and H) have consistent irregularities. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-font/537605/4 "2010-04-28T05:53:24Z")
Awesome tool: [Identifont - Identify fonts by appearance, find fonts by name](http://www.identifont.com/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-font/537605/5 "2010-04-28T05:54:14Z")
Based on [Identifont](http://www.identifont.com/), it looks like [Caslon Antique](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caslon_Antique). ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-font/537605/6 "2010-04-28T05:55:06Z")
[Roman Antique](http://www.dafont.com/font.php?file=roman_antique&page=1&nb_ppp_old=50&text=THE+MOVEMENT+PHASE&nb_ppp=50&psize=m&classt=alpha) is pretty close. It’s the “antique” that refers to its eroded appearance. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-font/537605/7 "2010-04-28T05:58:01Z")
**Dewey Finn** is right. It is [Caslon Antique](http://www.searchfreefonts.com/free/caslon-antique.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Suil\_Dubh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Suil\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suil_Dubh)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-font/537605/8 "2010-04-28T06:02:39Z")
Thanks for all the replies. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Based on [Identifont](http://www.identifont.com/), it looks like [Caslon Antique](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caslon_Antique). Dewey Finn found it. It’s definitely Caslon Antique. And thanks for the “Identifont” link, Opal Cat. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-font/537605/9 "2010-04-28T06:02:45Z")
Dammit, after I posted the Identifont link I went and did the thing and came up with Caslon Antique, and came back all excited to share. Drat.