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




\Hugedoes not take an argument – David Carlisle Feb 05 '22 at 23:32texdoc pgothicbrings 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 23:53pgothic. – DDS Feb 05 '22 at 23:53