font help please

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Does anyone recognize this font? I tried whatthefont.com and didn't find a match. Thanks for looking.
dastripeman

 

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This is a full side shot

 

[Jillbeans]

I haven't a clue, but I did look.
Law Italic was the closest I could find but that's not it.
Love....Jill

 

[Shovelhead]

ISBELL BOOK ITALIC

 

[Pro Image]

Shovel...........You should change you name to Fonthead.................

 

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thanks for the help. Does anyone know the best way to print a catalog of fonts from cd's or from flexi? Or the best way to view the different fonts on a cd?
Thanks again, Dastripeman

 

[JR's]

Shovel how do you do it. you seed you have a big bag of tricks. please tell.

 

[Shovelhead]

In this instance, there was no match on whatthefont.
Sometimes, if you trace your bitmap to vector and then export that as your sample, it might work.
Most of the time I just know the typeface but the above is just one tool in the bag of tricks.

 

[JR's]

you are really good tho Shovel. I used to be better when I used letter set, and my first sign set up HTD. then we got signlab and all the names of the fonts are different. really scews you up.

 

[longbeachmichael]

this little program is handy for viewing or printing a catalog of fonts
http://www.theill.com/files/fl2.zip

 

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Hey Shovelhead, Initially I sent the entire photo to whatthefont.com. It gave me an inaccurate result. After I posted for help here I cropped just the text and stacked it on three lines. When I ran it back thru WTF it gave me Isbell book italic. It was the first time I used WTF. That might be helpful to someone. Thanks again for your response.