Re: Font Question

Thanks for the links.  Come to think of it I have an
old facsimile of a book printed in the 1600's.  I
suppose I could scan in some pages and cut out the
letters and make my own font.  That sounds like a lot
of work though.

--gary

--- And Rosta <a.rosta@...> wrote:
> Gary Shannon
> > I was wondering if anyone knew of a font that has
> the
> > characters from 17th century English like the "s"
> that
> > looks like "f", and the odd ligatures they used
> back
> > then.
>
> If you're looking for free fonts, I recommend the
> Illinois
> Shakespeare Festival Folio Font (derived directly
> from the
> typeface of the Folio). The old url
>
http://orathost.cfa.ilstu.edu:80/shakespeare/ISFfont.html
> isn't working for me, but maybe one of the zillion
> free
> font sites has it available.
>
> For unfree fonts:
> http://www.crazydiamond.co.uk/fonts/17c.html
>
> The latter (which is on my to buy list) is probably
> more
> suitable for your needs.
>
> Both these fonts are facsimiles, so have the grunged
> up
> look of books actually printed in C17. For smooth
> fonts
> that incorporate the characters you mention, there
> is a
> much wider range of options (on which I'd be glad to
> advise on the basis of my limited knowledge), but I
> can't
> think of any that are free.
>
> --And.

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