I honestly doubt wether this is indeed a font. So many irregularities. Apart from body and footer (futura I guess) the whole ad does not look like nor gives the feeling of being typeset. Enlage the pict and you'll see what I mean.
I've looked at a few scrips and found one that sort of gives the same impression: Fantazia Creations Hand 10 italic (bold). Not the same! But I would be surprised if an occasional handwriting from these times was ever digitized.
By the way, great ad!
Isn't it! I collect old movie adverts and film posters (and fonts.....) and this is one I don't have yet. Ok, thanks so much for the help - I was afraid this would happen; so many film titlers of that era made their own signwritten titles rather than used a font set, and I seem to find them all *sigh*
I found one called BrodyD which when Photoshopped a bit comes reasonably close enough to what I wanted, but I always need new fonts so I'll give that one a go too :D
I'll post a pic of what I did once I upload it to my server.
[quote:3eac2ffc45="bunny wuffles"]
so many film titlers of that era made their own signwritten titles rather than used a font set[/quote:3eac2ffc45]
And they had to. Although not the hardest metal around :) lead is not that flexible! Ever thought of making up a lay-out like these in lead? You'll start drawing!
Personally I find the Brody (Briquet originally) somewhat plumb in this case.
I need help yet again on another film-related project.
There are a few different posters around for the James Stewart film "It's A Wonderful Life", but typically, the one version I am trying to recreate for a personal project has a handwriting font I don't have anything near enough to substitute.
This image was a magazine advert around at the time, and differs in many ways from the normal film poster.
[URL=http://www.decodog.com/inven/christmas/X26034.jpg]It's A Wonderful Life advert[/URL]
The font I am looking for is the red one which cuts across the characters, reading "It's A Wonderful Life".
The drop line effects I can duplicate in Photoshop, but the font itself - or something close enough - is what I need. Thanks again in anticipation :D