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1. script, ’50s style. 2. a block style, C and S slightly squared off.

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I am looking for the fonts of the top two lines in the image attached. -- The script font and the font with the sort-of squared off letter S (Cele Johnson in photo)
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The face used in the name is Ultra Modern, designed in 1928 by C. Douglas McMurtrie.

Sorry, having some trouble adding the image...it's in Jaspert, Berry and Johnson's Encyclopedia...

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Red Rooster offers a digital version of Ultra Modern.

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The script is Coronet Bold.

I’ve seen the thick-thin sans from 1930s specimens but I don’t have my books with me. Maybe someone will ID it before I get to them.

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