# What typeface is this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 13, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-typeface-is-this/599555 "2011-10-13T16:59:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-typeface-is-this/599555/1 "2011-10-13T16:59:25Z")
The pre-printed letterhead itself, please: [http://www.praxisworks.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/07-0090.01w.png](http://www.praxisworks.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/07-0090.01w.png) ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-typeface-is-this/599555/2 "2011-10-13T17:06:01Z")
Old English with Extended Gothic as the body. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-typeface-is-this/599555/3 "2011-10-13T18:10:15Z")
> [@postcards](#): > > Old English That’s a general term for a large family of typefaces designed to resemble the blackletter script. Perhaps this is a specific enough descriptor for the OP; if not then further investigation will be necessary to narrow down the specific typeface. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-typeface-is-this/599555/4 "2011-10-13T19:15:13Z")
The more specific, the better, if you know more. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![MobiusStripes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@MobiusStripes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MobiusStripes)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-typeface-is-this/599555/5 "2011-10-13T19:28:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The pre-printed letterhead itself, please: > > [http://www.praxisworks.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/07-0090.01w.png](http://www.praxisworks.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/07-0090.01w.png) Do you have a better scan? The text is so small it’s difficult to get an auto-decipher out of something like [whatthefont.com](http://whatthefont.com) The closest “What the font” came up with was Bella Rose Plain, which clearly isn’t a match, though the general style is similar. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-typeface-is-this/599555/6 "2011-10-13T19:55:13Z")
No, I found that pic online. I don’t have the actual document. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-typeface-is-this/599555/7 "2011-10-13T20:50:07Z")
Old English-y type: Linotext Smaller sanserif type: Engraver’s Gothic PS: Coincidentally, I grew up 30 miles outside of Eau Claire ---
**Author:** ![Penguinlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Penguinlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penguinlady)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-typeface-is-this/599555/8 "2011-10-15T04:32:12Z")
Looks like a form of Fraktur. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-typeface-is-this/599555/9 "2011-10-15T06:53:06Z")
> [@Penguinlady](#): > > Looks like a form of Fraktur. That’s because Fraktur is also a form of blackletter, and the OP’s typeface is meant to evoke blackletter. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-typeface-is-this/599555/10 "2011-10-15T21:23:11Z")
Thanks, everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-typeface-is-this/599555/11 "2011-10-16T02:08:08Z")
Baby Glan? ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-typeface-is-this/599555/12 "2011-10-16T02:45:46Z")
Just FYI for anyone with this type of question, there are several tools on the Web that will help you to match a font. I use Identifont at [http://www.identifont.com/](http://www.identifont.com/) but there are others out there.