Interior Copy FONT TYPE used by Metagaming for TFT?

[ak_aramis]

Going through Identifont, Monotype Dante (©1954, 1957, 1993) seems to be a pretty good fit. It matches the non-italic face pretty tightly.

[tbeard1999]

Originally Posted by ak_aramis

Going through Identifont, Monotype Dante (©1954, 1957, 1993) seems to be a pretty good fit. It matches the non-italic face pretty tightly.

I ran Identifont as well and got Newton - "Based on Times New Roman by Monotype, 1932, by Stanley Morison and Victor Lardent, and other versions of Times."

One thing to bear in mind is that scanning tends to thicken character strokes and fill in the counters (the holes inside characters like “o” or “b”). So a scanned version of TFT may distort the typeface enough to cause mistakes in identifying the font. The best choice is to use the actual printed book when trying to assess the typeface used.

Also, Dante has a distinctive capital T - the serifs on the horizontal stroke (the top) of the T rise above and drop below the horizontal stroke. Garamond has similar characteristics. The typeface used in ITL does not have that.

[Jim Kane]

Originally Posted by tbeard1999

I ran Identifont as well and got Newton - "Based on Times New Roman by Monotype, 1932, by Stanley Morison and Victor Lardent, and other versions of Times."

One thing to bear in mind is that the various scanned versions of TFT tend to make the strokes thicker and fill in the counters. The best choice is to use the actual printed book.

Use the actual book for,...? Not sure what you mean Ty, I am wanting to type-up all my TFT work in the TFT font; so what would I use the book for? Help! LOL!

Do you to create the font from?

[tbeard1999]

Originally Posted by Jim Kane

Use the actual book for,...? Not sure what you mean Ty, I am wanting to type-up all my TFT work in the TFT font; so what would I use the book for? Help! LOL!

Do you to create the font from?

Well, I just use the Summon Font spell (creation spell; IQ 10; 1 ST cost).

So the funny thing is that there kinda IS a TFT font family. If you use OCR on a scanned TFT document in Acrobat, and have the ClearScan option checked, Acrobat will create a font family on the fly, just for that document.

That font family can be said to be the "TFT font". Of course, it can't be exported or used in another document. And the font family may have dozens of discrete typefaces.

[Jim Kane]

Originally Posted by tbeard1999

Well, I just use the Summon Font spell (creation spell; IQ 10; 1 ST cost).

So the funny thing is that there kinda IS a TFT font family. If you use OCR on a scanned TFT document in Acrobat, and have the ClearScan option checked, Acrobat will create a font family on the fly, just for that document.

That font family can be said to be the "TFT font". Of course, it can't be exported or used in another document. And the font family may have dozens of discrete typefaces.

LOL!!! "Summon Font"! Dont I wish!

Well here's the thing Ty, I am just looking for something REALLY close, but it doesnt have to pass microscope inspection. I sure would love to re-edit all my stuff on TFT into TFT font, so close enough for hand-grenades and horseshoes would be great

Who knew such a thing would stymie so many LOL!

[tbeard1999]

Originally Posted by Jim Kane

LOL!!! "Summon Font"! Dont I wish!

Well here's the thing Ty, I am just looking for something REALLY close, but it doesnt have to pass microscope inspection. I sure would love to re-edit all my stuff on TFT into TFT font, so close enough for hand-grenades and horseshoes would be great

Who knew such a thing would stymie so many LOL!

Times Roman is the typeface. The Truetype version that comes with Windows is a near-perfect match. The Selectric Composer had a Times Roman clone called Press Roman, although online samples appear to be slightly condensed horizontally - probably a scanning artifact.

[tbeard1999]

Originally Posted by Jim Kane

Use the actual book for,...? Not sure what you mean Ty, I am wanting to type-up all my TFT work in the TFT font; so what would I use the book for? Help! LOL!

I meant use the actual TFT books when matching typefaces. The typefaces on scanned documents are distorted from the scanning - they are heavier, almost semi-bold.

[Jim Kane]

Originally Posted by tbeard1999

I meant use the actual TFT books when matching typefaces. The typefaces on scanned documents are distorted from the scanning - they are heavier, almost semi-bold.

Ah ha! thank you Ty, I understand now. Thanks.

[ak_aramis]

Originally Posted by tbeard1999

I ran Identifont as well and got Newton - "Based on Times New Roman by Monotype, 1932, by Stanley Morison and Victor Lardent, and other versions of Times."

One thing to bear in mind is that scanning tends to thicken character strokes and fill in the counters (the holes inside characters like “o” or “b”). So a scanned version of TFT may distort the typeface enough to cause mistakes in identifying the font. The best choice is to use the actual printed book when trying to assess the typeface used.

Also, Dante has a distinctive capital T - the serifs on the horizontal stroke (the top) of the T rise above and drop below the horizontal stroke. Garamond has similar characteristics. The typeface used in ITL does not have that.

On th other hand, it does have the distinctive Q and J - the Q is lose and the J dead on.

One of the aspects of using the scan is looking at it zoomed way in to check some of the features.

[ak_aramis]

Originally Posted by tbeard1999

I meant use the actual TFT books when matching typefaces. The typefaces on scanned documents are distorted from the scanning - they are heavier, almost semi-bold.

The identifont questionaire mode doesn't ask about weights, only shapes.