Letterform identification

Rubén Prol
Rubén Prol Posts: 2
in Type Design Technique & Theory
Hello typedrawers,

I was wondering if anybody could have any trouble on identifying one of these letters at first sight. I would like to hear from you any thoughts.

Thanks


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  • Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian
    Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian Posts: 2,044
    Only the "Z" is a problem.
  • David Vereschagin
    David Vereschagin Posts: 18
    I had trouble with the "Z". The "L" in Eladio might also be a problem, it kind of looks like some kind of "Is" ligature.
  • George Thomas
    George Thomas Posts: 657
    TypeDrawers' policy is that we don't do typeface identification here (http://typedrawers.com/discussion/751/read-this-first-the-typedrawers-rules#latest). There are sites much better suited to that with people available to spend more time on it.

    http://www.identifont.com and https://typography.guru/forums/ are two such sites; there may be more.


  • Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian
    Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian Posts: 2,044
    edited October 2016
    George, this is about letterform identification...
  • Beau Williamson
    Beau Williamson Posts: 80
    I spend too much time playing with strange old fonts. None of those letters give me any trouble. I have great affection for that 'z'. When I first saw that style in type, it resolved a long standing discomfort I had with the discrepancy between the printing and writing styles I was taught in grade school.
  • George Thomas
    George Thomas Posts: 657
    Hrant, you are right; I misread the question. Thanks.
  • Rubén Prol
    Rubén Prol Posts: 2
    George, sorry for the possible misunderstanding in the subject. I'm not trying to identify a font, it's about lettering and letterform recognition.
  • Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian
    Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian Posts: 2,044
    edited October 2016
    Beau Williamson said:
    I spend too much time playing with strange old fonts. None of those letters give me any trouble. I have great affection for that 'z'. When I first saw that style in type, it resolved a long standing discomfort I had with the discrepancy between the printing and writing styles I was taught in grade school.

    But even in that very sample it hits a pothole: that surname is almost always spelled "Gonzales", so you start wondering whether it's a "Z" or "S"...

    Not that I don't see a place for peculiar –even ambiguous– letterforms; here are trials from my own Trajic notRoman: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CM335oOVEAAcIJt.png
  • Beau Williamson
    Beau Williamson Posts: 80
    Hrant H. Papazian said:
    that surname is almost always spelled "Gonzales", so you start wondering whether it's a "Z" or "S"...
    I see it more often with a 'z'. Maybe regional difference? 

    Your Trajic is right up my alley. Love it.
  • Igor Freiberger
    Igor Freiberger Posts: 295
    edited October 2016
    The suffix -ez/-es come from early Spanish and Portuguese and means "son of". It is exactly like -son or -sen in Nordic and Germanic languages (or dozens of other similar designations).

    Hrant is right: both -ez/-es are spelled the same way in Spanish and Portuguese.

    By the way, the illustration is in Galician, a kind of intermediate language between Spanish and Portuguese talked in Northwest Spain. It reads "Peasant Prayers by Eladio Rodriguez González". The "Hnos" in the seal is the abbreviation to "Hermanos" (Brothers).

    Back to the topic, I also find Z hard to identify.

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