“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 (814) Topics Other (193) Tagged withacquaintance cards (4)1890s (31)rebus (7)two-color (623)red and black (793)borders and rules (679)lettering (390)uncertain typeface ID (161) Artwork location United States (6538) In Sets Thumbnail Questions (Florian Hardwig) (62) Colossal Combinations (Jay Mellor) (1910) 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 Post a comment Name Email – will not be published Website Your response Submit Comment More in Other Cartoon/Fantasy Organization – Bulletin #61982Contributed by Bryson Stohr Ladislav Sutnar’s gravestone2014Zdeněk ZieglerContributed by Tomas Brousil Staff Pick Conflict?2016Culture and Identity / HfK BremenContributed by Yoshiko Jentczak Sponsor More in Ephemera Anecdote candles2018Nice PeopleContributed by Amber Asay Staff Pick West Virginia Statehood stamp2013Greg BreedingContributed by Stephen Coles Bathboys湯 Recycling poster2020Ray MasakiBathboys湯Contributed by Florence Fu Staff Pick Modern Dutch Architecture Stamps (1969)1969Rein (R.J.) DraijerContributed by Nick Sherman More Fonts In Use Grand Palais A–Z. Ein ABC der Off Kultur2019Atelier PolContributed by Atelier Pol Staff Pick Rencontres Cinématographiques de Dijon2017La DirectionContributed by 205TF Staff Pick The Velvet Underground & Nico album art1967Acy LehmanAndy WarholContributed by Herb Lubalin Study Center Staff Pick Formafantasma: Cambio2020Studio Joost GrootensDimitri JeannottatContributed by Or Type Staff Pick New Zealand International Film Festival website2014CactuslabMatthew BuchananHayden HunterContributed by Matthew Buchanan Staff Pick Tangent GC Organic Soap2016Essen InternationalCarl Nas AssociatesContributed by Richard Baird Staff Pick Kandinsky at Château des Baux-de-Provence2021République StudioContributed by République Studio Staff Pick Dumbo Feather Magazine, Issue 272011Chase & GalleyContributed by Stephen Coles 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.