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Name: Isaac Drew
Location: Plymouth, MA
Date: 1841
Carver: John Tribble
JT's lettering was sometimes influenced by the fonts used in newspaper adverts of the period. Hence the use of "shadow letters" in the name of the deceased here.
Location: Plymouth, MA
Date: 1841
Carver: John Tribble
JT's lettering was sometimes influenced by the fonts used in newspaper adverts of the period. Hence the use of "shadow letters" in the name of the deceased here.
Category Photography / Miscellaneous
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 639 x 1280px
File Size 298.1 kB
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.--Psalm 116:15
I couldn't make out the text at the bottom until I blew up the image a little. The lichens are having a field day.
Yes, the drop shadow is definitely reminiscent of newspaper advertising of the day. These styles were just becoming popular in the 1840s. When I studied lettering 40 or 50 years ago, I wondered why they tended to use so many different fonts in a single advertisement. The simple answer was that they used movable type, and they would run out of one display font and start on another.
I couldn't make out the text at the bottom until I blew up the image a little. The lichens are having a field day.
Yes, the drop shadow is definitely reminiscent of newspaper advertising of the day. These styles were just becoming popular in the 1840s. When I studied lettering 40 or 50 years ago, I wondered why they tended to use so many different fonts in a single advertisement. The simple answer was that they used movable type, and they would run out of one display font and start on another.
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