Patented by Henry H.
Thorp for Cleveland Type Foundry in 1882. Released in 1878.
[Reichardt]
“…from facsimile drawings of the handwriting of Mr. Carpenter,
of R. Hoe & Co., familiar to all persons who had correspondence
with that house about that time… An altogether new feature of this
script was the continuation of the horizontal cross-line of the ‘t’
over various sorts, together with ligatures and logotypes, enabling
the compositor to give his work a striking resemblance to
handwriting. For this same foundry he cut other autograph scripts,
the Hoyt and the Cleveland, but they never attained to the
popularity of the Carpenter.” [Loy, Designers More…
Patented by Henry H. Thorp for Cleveland Type Foundry in 1882. Released in 1878. [Reichardt]
“…from facsimile drawings of the handwriting of Mr. Carpenter, of R. Hoe & Co., familiar to all persons who had correspondence with that house about that time… An altogether new feature of this script was the continuation of the horizontal cross-line of the ‘t’ over various sorts, together with ligatures and logotypes, enabling the compositor to give his work a striking resemblance to handwriting. For this same foundry he cut other autograph scripts, the Hoyt and the Cleveland, but they never attained to the popularity of the Carpenter.” [Loy, Designers and Engravers of Type, March, 1898]
Digitally revived in 1993–2006 by GroupType. Other interpretations include Cariola Script (Image Club) and OPTI Carmella HandScript (Castcraft, 1990–1991).
