MacFarland in use https://www.fontsinuse.com/typefaces/180927/macfarland MacFarland in use. “MacFarland was cut in 1899 by Inland Type Foundry, adapted from Römische Antiqua of Genzsch &amp; Heyse in Germany. It is named in honor of Mr. J. Horace MacFarland, prominent printer of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. At about the same time, the foundry of A. D. Farmer &amp; Son cut essentially the same typeface [though De Vinne says they differ] from the same source, naming it Bradford after the first noted printer of New York; and Hansen issued Crawford, another look-alike. The Inland typefaces, along with Condensed MacFarland designed and cut in 1903, went to ATF when that foundry acquired Inland in 1912. The typefaces have some relationship to Elzevir or French Old Style, but are heavier, though not as heavy as the related De Vinne series. Lacking the eccentricities of some characters of DeVinne, these typefaces became popular for book titles and other work for which DeVinne was considered unsuitable. Keystone’s Dickens is very similar but a little lighter; it is known as Classic on Linotype, but 18-point Classic Italic is the equivalent of MacFarland Italic.” [McGrew 1993] en Copyright 2026 , FontsInUse.com LLC Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:39:19 +0000 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:39:19 +0000 3600 <![CDATA[Two Villages by Louisa Brannan]]> https://www.fontsinuse.com/uses/43608/two-villages-by-louisa-brannan Eva Silvertant


Source: www.loc.gov Every Where Publishing Co. License: All Rights Reserved.

The title on the cover is set in spaced caps from Gothic Extended No. 40. The author’s name is added in Jenson Old Style.









Here is a book entitled Two Villages, by Louisa Brannan, published by Every Where Publishing Co. in circa 1911. Unfortunately, I could not find more information on the author, or the book.

But I stumbled upon the title page, and immediately got excited about the typeface used for the title, which is De Vinne (c. 1892) by Gustave F. Schroeder. I can’t tire of seeing that G with its towering vertical and sharp spur; that wide E with serifs that put so much emphasis on the horizontal strokes; and yes, even that backward-falling calligraphic S!




Source: www.loc.gov Every Where Publishing Co. License: All Rights Reserved.

Title page featuring De Vinne and Jenson Old Style. The publisher info appears to be set in the same face as the text, see below.




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Chapter opening, with the book’s title in all-caps Cheltenham.




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The text typeface appears to be MacFarland (or one of the other American adaptations of Römische Antiqua).




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The typeface used for the sticker on the back is unidentified.



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