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I really like the font (for the text mainly, not necessarily for the math) used in math books from the 40s-60s. I am for instance thinking of the font in Halmos' Measure Theory. Anybody knows which fonts were used in such books and if there is a modern equivalent?

gernot
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Fernando
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    I got curious and asked WhatTheFont (https://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/). Apparently the closest match is "P22 Mayflower Smooth". However, whether there is a LaTeX variant of this proprietary font, I cannot say. Maybe you want to go through the LaTeX Font catalogue (http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/seriffonts.html) – carsten Nov 12 '16 at 14:15
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    I don't think this question is the same as the one Henri Menke posted. I am not interested in a particular symbol, I am interested in the font used to typeset a whole book. – Fernando Nov 12 '16 at 14:17

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I got curious and asked WhatTheFont. Apparently the closest match is "P22 Mayflower Smooth".

As this is a commercial font, you might need to buy it, and you will probably only be able to obtain ttf and otf versions. However, if you are able to get hold of it, XeLaTeX interacts with it nicely. 

\documentclass[]{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\setmainfont{P22Mayflower}
\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1]
\end{document}

P22Mayflower

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  • I think this is a close match. I myself found Century Old Style Roman, which is from 1909 and was used in many books from the first half of the 20th century. – Fernando Nov 12 '16 at 14:56