Hi guys, does anyone know where I can get a better version of Caslon Antique typeface from? I've searched everywhere and just keep turning up the same one which is inferior to the one The Sisters of Mercy used on all of their artwork. The one that seems to be floating around the net is slightly rougher and less elegant than the one the Sisters use.
Thanks
EDIT: P.S. Sorry thought I'd put this in Resources but seems to have ended up in sisters faq's which on reflection probably isn't such a bad place for it after all.
Caslon Antique
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Perhaps you can find a better version here in this thread ... ...
thanks, but alas no.Being645 wrote:Perhaps you can find a better version here in this thread ... ...
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From that thread:
vicus wrote:you can also try this one
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thanks but that one also doesn't match up to the Caslon Antique typeface used on the Sisters artwork. Maybe it doesn't exist as undoubtedly the sisters covers were put together before computers were really used for design. I've got a sheet of letraset when I bought it in 1986 with caslon antique it's much nicer than what is floating around the net.markfiend wrote:From that thread:vicus wrote:you can also try this one
God, have I got to create the font from scratch???
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Well there is that. But seriously, what differences are you seeing?cannon303 wrote: Maybe it doesn't exist as undoubtedly the sisters covers were put together before computers were really used for design.
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yeah, the sisters used letraset originally.
the versions of caslon antique and casablanca antique floating around the web are freeware aren't they? i'd image there is a font library somewhere with a more refined version that you could buy for
tbh, the sisters always used to reduce the kerning on their artwork. if you try that with either of those two fonts linked above it looks a lot more like the sisters stuff
the versions of caslon antique and casablanca antique floating around the web are freeware aren't they? i'd image there is a font library somewhere with a more refined version that you could buy for
tbh, the sisters always used to reduce the kerning on their artwork. if you try that with either of those two fonts linked above it looks a lot more like the sisters stuff
What’s the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
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I'm off to try and figure out either a greasemonkey script or a stylish hack to get HL to display in caslon antique
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Stylish script:markfiend wrote:I'm off to try and figure out either a greasemonkey script or a stylish hack to get HL to display in caslon antique
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@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);
@-moz-document domain("myheartland.co.uk") {
body, td{
font-family: CasablancaAntique !important;
font-size: 16px !important;
}
}
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Make It So Number Onemarkfiend wrote:I'm off to try and figure out either a greasemonkey script or a stylish hack to get HL to display in caslon antique
‎"We will wear some very loud shirts. We will wear some very wrong trousers."
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markfiend wrote:Well it works but it looks bloody horrible
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Set phasers to 'don't bother'
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lol nice replies. Might have to come here more often. In response to whether there is much difference. No there isn't really, but me being a long long time fan of both records and artwork and being a designer means there is enough of a difference. I'm happy to pay for it but really don't think it exists.
Nice responses though!
Nice responses though!
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I like it.
There have been better plans
But none that I could ever understand...
But none that I could ever understand...
It's not horrible, it's just hard to read at that size.
I think it should stay that way
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If you like it, download and install the font from up there, download and install the "Stylish" add-on for Firefox, and copy-and-paste the thing I posted in the code tags into a new user-style. Bingo!
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You talk funny
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I look forward to seeing it