Help With Typeface Used During WWII

dlmillertx
on 12 Sep 12 (22:18)

Wondering if anyone here can identify the typeface used to deboss leather name tags during WWII. Some have suggested it was a custom/proprietary design used by the military. Sorry, I only have images of a few name tags and not a comlete alphabet. I’ve been using Times Roman and Century Schoolbook but some of my clients would like the exact typeface if I can locate it. Thanks…

name_tags_font.jpg

parallel_imp
on 13 Sep 12 (09:37)

It may not be printer’s type. Bookbinder’s brass type is more likely for luggage use. And the “Marr” sample, with misaligned “A”, could be from individual stamps with handles, as could the “Wade” with angled “E”, rather than lines of individual types placed in a stamping machine.
Not composing room practice, but it works for single imprints quite efficiently.

Foolproof546
on 13 Sep 12 (09:49)

Looks like Latin Antique to me, but I am not near any of my reference materials right now. A very popular face around the turn of the 20th century. One of the staples of the faces cast in brass for use by the folks that foil stamped and debossed leather, etc.

Rick

typenut
on 13 Sep 12 (11:16)

Bookbinder’s Brass type, I have matching Type in my shop.
No Maker’s Mark on the Box, but old.

Look at this website:

http://www.durable-tech.com/hot-stamping/all-purpose/

Newly made, but they always reuse old patterns.

Foolproof546
on 13 Sep 12 (19:12)

To confirm my previous observation, the face is Latin Antique. Very popular in the 19th century. Offered by many foundries. I even have a couple of fonts of it in wood. My notes tell me it dates back to the 1870’s. It also appears as one of the stock styles in many of the catalogs of brass type producers.

Rick

dlmillertx
on 13 Sep 12 (21:37)

Thanks everyone for your responses! Latin Antique is what I will try to locate. I’ve been using various letterpress typeface and a bookbinders holder to deboss into the leather. If I can’t locate a set I’ll check with Durable Tech. to see if they can match the font.

David

Foolproof546
on 14 Sep 12 (11:08)

If you find someone still supplying brass type, they very well could have a different name for this face in their catalog. Latin Antique is the historically correct name for this typeface.

Rick