Roman numeral Fonts?

Question

Trying to recreate a journal in "Liffey Script." Need Roman numeral fonts for, example "Henry 8th". Henry VIII in script just does not look right.

Answer 1

Use Times! Or Helvetica/Arial.
Roman numerals are simply capital i, v, c and x. You might want to kern between them, but otherwise it will be exactly what you want. You can actually use any font. Try a few and see what works best with your original font.

Answer 2

Try Trajan pro or Lithos pro regular if you have them, possibly Herculanium, assuming you will be typing on a PC.
If you don't have any of those, you could try Papyrus or, as a last resort, Tempus sans ITC
It may look a little sloppy but at least it looks primitively handwritten!

These are all the following numerals for your reference:

I - one
V - five
X - ten
L - fifty
C - one hundred
D - five hundred
M - one thousand
_
V -5,000 (The line over a number means to multply by 1,000)

Sample date - 1998 is written as: MCMXCVIII
2006: MMVI

Rule: You subtract numbers (from the largest) to the left and add numbers to the right

Random tip: Replace the u in words with v,
like in I, CLAVDIVS (documentary)


Good luck with your journal!