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UPDATE: I would like to mimic the following font which I believe dates back to the 19th century, for use in a document that compiles with pdflatex:

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But here, so far, is what I am able to produce (with pgothfamily):

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and with gothfamily:

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and with textswab:

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The three aforesaid pdflatex fonts can be produced with the code:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{pgothic,yfonts}

% To redefine the 's' into a "round" one. \DeclareTextSymbol{\rounds}{LY}{141} \begin{document} \LARGE \noindent \textbf{\pgothfamily{\huge{Exercises}}}

\vspace*{25pt} \noindent \textbf{\gothfamily{\huge{Exercis:es:}}}

\vspace*{25pt} \noindent \textbf{\textswab{\huge{Exercis:es:}}} \end{document}

It seems to me that the last image might be the nicest imitation of the desired one.

QUESTION: Is there a better way, perhaps, compiling with pdflatex, to imitate the desired font, other than using textswab with the redefined 's'? Or, might what I have shown be an optimal way---given the restrictions imposed. Finally, is there something that may be done to more closely imitate the 'x' given in the first image; which in my attempts, I recall having seen displayed as a capital from among the modern fonts?

Thank you.

DDS
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    how did you make the first image what font is it? If it's a different font the question is like asking how to reproduce a Times Roman heading using Helvetica – David Carlisle Feb 05 '22 at 23:31
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    and \Huge does not take an argument – David Carlisle Feb 05 '22 at 23:32
  • texdoc pgothic brings up a pdf with examples that look like your second: irregular spacing and that x. Notice the word "precious" on page 2 of the documentation. – dedded Feb 05 '22 at 23:53
  • @David Carlisle The word was copied from a book containing some Gothic titles; I was hoping to reasonably reproduce the font and thought of pgothic. – DDS Feb 05 '22 at 23:53
  • To learn more about that "x" style, see https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/320403/how-do-i-typeset-a-fraktur-x-that-looks-like-r/320407#320407 – Steven B. Segletes Feb 06 '22 at 00:34
  • Here are some font pointers that are similar, but not exact, to what you show: https://de.azfonts.net/fonts/typographergotisch-d/bold-21479, https://www.dafont.com/jsl-blackletter.font?text=Exercises, https://www.dafont.com/fette-trump-deutsch.font?text=Exercises, and https://www.dafont.com/hansagotisch.font?text=Exercises – Steven B. Segletes Feb 06 '22 at 00:55
  • @StevenB.Segletes Thank you for these helpful comments. – DDS Feb 06 '22 at 01:19
  • what sort of book, on paper or a PDF? – David Carlisle Feb 06 '22 at 10:00
  • @David Carlisle Copied from a book; I believe the font itself dates back at least to the late 19th century. So, likely not to be found on Font squirrel and the like. – DDS Feb 07 '22 at 14:41
  • hmm https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/598712/1090 – David Carlisle Feb 07 '22 at 15:32

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