Collective entry for an all-caps design with concave stems and
pointed terminals in the shape of concave diamonds.
Similar styles originated in the 1850s in wood type, see
Tuscan Italian.
Shown by Marr in 1853. [Gray 1976] Boston’s 1860 catalog show in
five sizes (Four-Line Pica Ornamented,
No. 20; Two-Line Great Primer Orn., No. 35; Two-Line Pica Orn., No.
30; Two-Line Nonpareil Orn., No. 38; Two-Line Bourgeois Orn., No.
31), with considerable differences across the sizes. Shown in
Farmer’s 1867 catalog with different numbers and one additional
smaller size (Nonpareil Orn. No. 3).
The Two-Line Great Primer here is clearly different, with a wider
‘R’. Shown in Bruce’s 1869 catalog with different numbers and three
additional larger sizes (Six-Line Pica
Ornamented, No. 4; Eight-Line Pica Ornamented, No. 6;
Ten-Line Pica Ornamented, No. 3). Six sizes in a 1870 Cincinnati
specimen, and 5 sizes in a c1885 MS&J specimen. A Morgan
Press foundry type specimen from around the 1960s shows
three sizes (Ornamented No.
1027 in 12pt and 48pt, Ornamented No. 16 in
36pt).More…
Collective entry for an all-caps design with concave stems and pointed terminals in the shape of concave diamonds.
Similar styles originated in the 1850s in wood type, see Tuscan Italian.
Shown by Marr in 1853. [Gray 1976] Boston’s 1860 catalog show in five sizes (Four-Line Pica Ornamented, No. 20; Two-Line Great Primer Orn., No. 35; Two-Line Pica Orn., No. 30; Two-Line Nonpareil Orn., No. 38; Two-Line Bourgeois Orn., No. 31), with considerable differences across the sizes. Shown in Farmer’s 1867 catalog with different numbers and one additional smaller size (Nonpareil Orn. No. 3). The Two-Line Great Primer here is clearly different, with a wider ‘R’. Shown in Bruce’s 1869 catalog with different numbers and three additional larger sizes (Six-Line Pica Ornamented, No. 4; Eight-Line Pica Ornamented, No. 6; Ten-Line Pica Ornamented, No. 3). Six sizes in a 1870 Cincinnati specimen, and 5 sizes in a c1885 MS&J specimen. A Morgan Press foundry type specimen from around the 1960s shows three sizes (Ornamented No. 1027 in 12pt and 48pt, Ornamented No. 16 in 36pt).
Phototype adaptations are shown Photo-Lettering’s One Line (1971) as Clown King Xenotype and in Headliners’ Morgan Press Collection as F 294. The Solotype catalog (1992) has Snowbird and the bolder Mandy.
TPTC CW Vredenburgh (2012) is a digitization that covers two optical sizes in one font.
