Grape Juice font

Question

Any luck identifying this chiseled-esque serif from Kedem Grape Juice, a font likely with swashes included

Answer 1

Hi Bentzion,

This is a relatively rare (because shortlived) Letraset typeface from 1976. It’s called Mellissa Inline, here used without its contour. The swash forms for J and R were included in the character set (although the latter lost its second swash at the top left). To my knowledge, there is no digital version.

Comments

Daylight Fonts has glyph sets for Mellissa. While Letraset only had the Inline, there were several additionaly styles available for phototypesetting, under the alias Tomson.

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Well done, Florian.

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Indeed! I'll check our Typony Core books for a Tomson italic.

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Wow Florian thank you so much! You saved the day

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No italics shown for Tomson in Typony Core 1–5.

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You’re welcome, Bentzion!

Thanks for checking, Stewf. I reckon they might have used a similar typeface, either with built-in or added contour, to resemble the other label more closely. The type for the Grape Juice labels has a contour, too.

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… and now I know where I’ve seen that swashy N before: it’s Goudy Heavyface Italic, slightly squooshed.

Answer 2

Sorry, it appears to be custom lettering (not finding a match).

Stuart Bold is quite similar, as is Mendoza.

Comments

I just found another example of the font here (CONCORD):

Not sure if this helps

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Thanks! This helped indeed, but in a serendipitous way: the “Concord” sample prompted me to look into contoured typeface – which led me to Mellissa. But paradoxically, there is no Mellissa Italic, at least not in the Letraset specimens I consulted. And at least the N clearly is not just a slanted form of Mellissa, so I assume this is something else.