Request for Derek T.: recommended house fonts

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jdaw1
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Request for Derek T.: recommended house fonts

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A request for Derek T.: please post in this thread a list of your recommended house fonts. That is, in what modern font, found on at least some modern computers, should one typeset the likes of:
  • Andresen;
  • Borges;
  • Calem;
  • Churchill;
  • Churchill’s Quinta da Agua Alta;
  • Cockburn;
  • Croft;
  • Croft Quinta da Roeda;
  • Delaforce;
  • Dow;
  • Dow Quinta do Bomfim;
  • Feist;
  • Ferreira;
  • Fonseca;
  • Fonseca Guimaraens;
  • Fonseca Quinta do Cruzeiro;
  • Fonseca Quinta do Panascal;
  • Gould Campbell;
  • Graham;
  • Graham’s Malvedos;
  • Kopke;
  • Krohn;
  • Krohn’s Quinta do Retiro Novo;
  • Martinez (Harvey’s);
  • Messias;
  • Morgan;
  • Nacional;
  • Niepoort;
  • Noval;
  • Noval Silval;
  • Osborne;
  • Quarles Harris;
  • Quinta de Roriz;
  • Quinta de Vale Meão;
  • Quinta do Crasto;
  • Quinta do Passadouro;
  • Quinta do Vale Dona Maria Reserve;
  • Quinta do Vesuvio;
  • Ramos Pinto;
  • Rebello Valente;
  • Royal Oporto;
  • Sandeman;
  • Smith Woodhouse;
  • Smith Woodhouse Madalena;
  • Taylor;
  • Taylor Quinta de Terra Feita;
  • Taylor Quinta de Vargellas;
  • Warre;
  • Warre Quinta da Cavadinha?
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I havn't tested this site, but it might be possible to scan a label and get the result

http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

Now, I have a small related dilemma - an old friend called Sandy is about to turn 50. I don't have any Sand(e) -man 57's, but I do have a couple of Sandeman 55's - bottled in '57...

One is pristine, but with a decayed frail label that is well attached to the bottle, and in too poor a condition to scan, even if I freed it. The other is in a much poorer state, with a failing cork, and the obvious bottle to drink - but it has lost it's label.

Does anyone have a Sandeman '55 label they can scan for me?

Tom
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Post by DRT »

Wouldn't it be nice to have enough time left on this earth to fully answer Jdaws question.

I the absence of such luxury, here is an example of a home-made label using the standard Stencil font found on most modern PC's.

Image

I use this style where I cannot find a decent image of an original label to copy. I will soon post a Sandeman 1955 label here for Tom to use.


Derek
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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I have an empty bottle of Sandeman 1955 in my cellar, but that label is very much gone too. So, other than saying that it's a very fine glass of port, I can't be of much help...
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Post by DRT »

Tom,

Not the best original image but this might do you. If you or anyone else can take a high resolution scan or picture of a Sandeman VP label email it to me and I will re-do this.

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Derek
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
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