French Script from the 1950s

found this showing on Flickr, the comments were deactivated does anybody know the name of this typeface? thanks this is a digital interpretation https://www.dafont.com/de/rockabilly.font#null

asked by fontastique (368 points) Sep 22, 2021
edited by fontastique Sep 22, 2021

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Looks like a sign painter's model book, not a type specimen. BTW, please always cite your sources. If it came from a Flickr, paste a link please.

answered by Stewf Moderator (12.8k points) Sep 22, 2021

Here is the link

https://flic.kr/p/pJWWqV

similar to Clipper

https://oa.letterformarchive.org/item?workID=lfa_type_0487&targPic=lfa_type_0487_001.jpg

commented by fontastique (368 points) Sep 22, 2021

Here is the entire book on Luc DeVroy's site.

commented by kthomps5 Moderator (23.3k points) Sep 22, 2021

Yeah, Clipper has some similarities, and there is one page that is clearly based on Banco, but otherwise these are original alphabets. That term – alphabet – is often used for a model or sample of lettering that does not represent a typeface available as a font.