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What font is closest to the one used on a Morgan?

direwolf1972direwolf1972 Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭
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All you graphics guru's out there. Is there a font that comes close to matching the motto or legend on a Morgan dollar?

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  • blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,933 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I know I have seen this question before and dont remember if there was a good answer.
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  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 14,009 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Closest I can get is Lucinda Blackletter. It's similar, but that's about it.
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  • derrybderryb Posts: 37,440 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's gotta be in photoshop, I've seen it used on ebay image

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  • direwolf1972direwolf1972 Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Closest I can get is Lucinda Blackletter. It's similar, but that's about it. >>



    Thanks Dennis thats close enough to play around some with... doesnt have to be an exact match.

    Any idea what font is close to the correct font for E PLURIBUS UNUM?

    I'll see your bunny with a pancake on his head and raise you a Siamese cat with a miniature pumpkin on his head.

    You wouldn't believe how long it took to get him to sit still for this.


  • RWBRWB Posts: 8,082 ✭
    Letters from William Key, the assistant engraver who made a punch for IGWT, state only "Gothic" style...nothing more specific.
  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 14,009 ✭✭✭✭✭
    E PLURIBUS UNUM is a pretty generic typeface that in all caps and boldface looks similar to several fonts. To me it looks closest to either Times Roman or Georgia. If you play with the minus character spacing and perhaps the horizontal/vertical proportioning I think you can get something that looks very close to what's on the coin.
    When in doubt, don't.
  • veryfineveryfine Posts: 1,763 ✭✭✭
    It looks like a variation of Times Roman, such as Bodoni MT.
    Whatever was used, it's a great looking classic serif font.

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