Help with font please!

This looks like it could be it ..the "N" may need some work but the rest is quite close.
Mason Serif Regular
I simply uploaded your posted image to their site and in seconds, there it was a very cool site!
http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

 

Mason Serif Regular is what I got.

go to www.myfonts.com, attach the image file you have posted here and it will give you a match or the closet matches.

 

Why should buying a font hurt? It's a tool of the trade, just like vinyl, a saw or a printer.
Since it's one that you don't have, just explain to the client that they have 2 routes that you can take. One is to pay you to digitize the design, and the second is to buy the font. Either way will make you money

Checkers

 

Try Vector Dr.

If he has the font he will typeset it for you- for $5.00 and save it in .eps or whatever for you- or he can vectorize for not much more- click the banner at bottom of the page!