What font is this?

Question

I am looking for a specific font that is used in this poster:
http://www.colum.edu/Student_Life/images/dia_de_06.gif

I mean the font that says "Dia De Los Muertos"

It will be used for a school assignment, making a book cover for the new book, Junot Díaz’s “Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”.

Thanks!

@Alan L:
I am working on a Mac which has Microsoft Word on it and I also use Mac's Fontbook, but I don't have the font or anything that looks like it. That's why I posted the question...

Answer 1

Hi! I've searched high and low for your font.. including my library (which is overflowing.. ha!) and cannot find it. Actually, nothing even comes close.. the "M' is unique. It's a beautiful font. What I did find, however, is this.. look at the 4th letter down on the right.. it's the closest I've seen and gives me reason to hope: http://www.doverbooks.co.uk/pp/Images%20On%20CDROM/Fonts,%20Initials/Art%20Nouveau%20Initials%20CD%20Rom%20and%20Book.html
If I can... I'll try to run over to the book store later and have a look. Keep your fingers crossed:)

****Edit

And I found it! But... in a different book, they didn't have that one, though I think they're the same typeface. Your font's called "Eureka," kind of appropriate.. ha! It's a 19th c. type by Benjamin Krebs, Nachfolger (successor). It is not "FF Eureka" or "Eureka" by Peter Bilak. It is located on Plate 25 of "Treasury of Authentic Art Nouveau Alphabets and Decorative Initials...." edited by Ludwig Petzendorfer.. http://store.doverpublications.com/0486246531.html which does NOT have an interactive CD: ISBN 0 486 24653-1. But I truly believe it's the same type as the book with CD that I mentioned above. I can't find an example of it anywhere on the web though. I hope that this helped you :)
http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc/ext19.html)
http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc/fraktur.html

Answer 2

Hi.if you go into Microsoft Word, and call up a list of template writing styles in it, you'll be able to detect which style of lettering (not a font) it is. It'll take you a minute to find it!

All the best,

Alan L.

Answer 3

You've got me stumped. But if you look through the fonts available at www.dafonts.com you may come across it, or something similar that you'd be happy with for your project.