“May I C-U-Home This Eve?” acquaintance card Photo(s) by Alan Mays. Imported from Flickr on May 4, 2022. Artwork published in circa 1890. Source: www.flickr.com Uploaded to Flickr by Alan Mays and tagged with “ancient”. License: All Rights Reserved. May I C-U-Home this Eve? Yours truly, James Ely. Please answer. This is an acquaintance card dating to the late nineteenth or early twentieth century. For other cards with the same illustration and border, see Your Coral Lips Were Made to Kiss, I Stoutly will Maintain, Your Beau I Wish to Be, This Card I Therefore Send, and I Learned the Verb “Love” at School. For even more cards, see my Acquaintance Cards album. The main typeface is the unshaded variant of Ancient (Johnson, c. 1870?), shown by Farmer, Little & Co. in 1878. The script used for “James Ely” could be Spencerian Script (MS&J, 1878) or similar. Typefaces Formats Ephemera (837) Topics Other (194) Tagged withacquaintance cards (5)1890s (36)rebus (9)two-color (637)red and black (808)borders and rules (696)lettering (402)uncertain typeface ID (162) Artwork location United States (6670) In Sets Thumbnail Questions (Florian Hardwig) (62) Colossal Combinations (Jay Mellor) (1957) 3 Comments on ““May I C-U-Home This Eve?” acquaintance card” Jay Mellor says: May 8th, 2022 10:23 pm I have just found this THP thread for Ancient through this: forums.typeheritage.com/top… Florian Hardwig says: May 9th, 2022 5:52 am Yes, I saw that, but that thread doesn’t have a lot of info. I couldn’t find the digital version mentioned by Robert. Florian Hardwig says: May 9th, 2022 8:03 am Scratch that: it’s called Ancient Text and was released by Type Revivals in the 1990s. One can find copies online, but without licensing terms. I’d consider it abandonwar. Post a comment Name Email – will not be published Website Your response Submit Comment More in Other Jal Thal Mal by Sopan Joshi2016By Two DesignContributed by Rosetta Alien Magazine, issue 01, 2019, “Aliens of Extraordinary Ability”2019Frau im MondContributed by Frau im Mond Bourse René Payot 20152015Solid | Graphic DesignContributed by Franck Doussot Sponsor More in Ephemera Ear Taxi Festival 20212020Studio ibid.Contributed by Milo Hopkins Len Gittleman Christmas Cardc. 1955Robert BrownjohnContributed by Stephen Coles Inauguration stamps for Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands2013Piet Gerards OntwerpersMaud van RossumPiet GerardsContributed by Florian Hardwig Staff Pick “Centraal Filmbureau Krijgsmacht” stickerPhoto(s) by Hylbrand-Jan Hibma on Flickr. More Fonts In Use Maybourne Papersc. 2012Construct LondonContributed by Swiss Typefaces Staff Pick Temps Libre identity and website2016Jolin MassonAudrey WellsSupersymetrieContributed by Soimadou Ibrahim-Aliamane Staff Pick Forgotten Boardwalk Brewing Co.2016Perky BrosContributed by Richard Baird Staff Pick Gagarin in Britain exhibition2011Mark ThomsonContributed by Florian Hardwig Staff Pick Takao Rock2018Onion DesignContributed by Gareth Hague Staff Pick Penny Pensions2021Good Habit StudioContributed by Good Habit Studio Staff Pick Testimonio (1970) movie poster1970René Azcuy CárdenasContributed by Florian Hardwig Staff Pick Creatie magazine, September 20142014Studio DumbarContributed by Nick Sherman Staff Pick
3 Comments on ““May I C-U-Home This Eve?” acquaintance card”
I have just found this THP thread for Ancient through this: forums.typeheritage.com/top…
Yes, I saw that, but that thread doesn’t have a lot of info. I couldn’t find the digital version mentioned by Robert.
Scratch that: it’s called Ancient Text and was released by Type Revivals in the 1990s. One can find copies online, but without licensing terms. I’d consider it abandonwar.