“Antique Shaded was designed by Morris F. Benton in
1910 but not introduced until 1913, when it was described as ‘the
first of a series of shaded typefaces.’ It was later promoted as
part of ‘the new gray typography.’ This typeface was the first one
cut on a new shading machine invented by the designer’s father,
Linn B. Benton. When Monotype copied it, the typeface was named
Rockwell Antique Shaded, to tie it in with that
company's Rockwell series, but since
Rockwell is often confused with Stymie,
it is perhaps natural that Antique Shaded is sometimes
though incorrectly called Stymie Shaded.” [McGrew 1993]
Sold by Baltotype as Stymie Shaded, by
Berthold as Zierschrift Boston, by
Ludwig
Wagner as Excellenta, and by Idźkowski as Verona [Reichardt 2011].
Digitized as More…
“Antique Shaded was designed by Morris F. Benton in 1910 but not introduced until 1913, when it was described as ‘the first of a series of shaded typefaces.’ It was later promoted as part of ‘the new gray typography.’ This typeface was the first one cut on a new shading machine invented by the designer’s father, Linn B. Benton. When Monotype copied it, the typeface was named Rockwell Antique Shaded, to tie it in with that company's Rockwell series, but since Rockwell is often confused with Stymie, it is perhaps natural that Antique Shaded is sometimes though incorrectly called Stymie Shaded.” [McGrew 1993]
Sold by Baltotype as Stymie Shaded, by Berthold as Zierschrift Boston, by Ludwig Wagner as Excellenta, and by Idźkowski as Verona [Reichardt 2011].
Digitized as Archive Kludsky (Archive Type, 2006, used for sample).
