Font help!!!!?

Question

ok, i'm doing a newspaper project for the declaration of independence and battle of saratoga times.
i need the name of the old newspaper font that looks really cool
any other ideas you have for me would be greatly appreciated
thank you

Answer 1

Scroll to JSL Ancient: http://www.shipbrook.com/jeff/typograf.html
http://www.dafont.com/font.php?file=jsl_blackletter&page=1&nb_ppp_old=50&text=United+States&nb_ppp=50&psize=m&classt=alpha
http://www.dafont.com/font.php?file=jsl_blackletter&page=1&nb_ppp_old=50&text=July&nb_ppp=50&psize=m&classt=alpha
http://www.dafont.com/heresy.font?nb_ppp=50&text=JULY
http://www.1001fonts.com/font_details.html?font_id=2650
http://www.dafont.com/font.php?file=benjamin_franklin&page=1&nb_ppp_old=50&text=Type+your+text+here&nb_ppp=50&psize=s&classt=alpha
http://www.dafont.com/was-woodcuts.font?nb_ppp=50
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/past/
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom/doi/doi.html

Answer 2

Go to this website

http://www.dafont.com/

I can't picture exactly in my head what you are speaking of, but this site has thousands of free fonts to download.

I design wedding invitations and I've gotten all of my fonts from here.

Good luck!