Designed for American Type Founders around 1928. There’s an alternate ‘S’.
Digital versions as OPTI Nubian Foundry (Castcraft, 1990–1991), Noble (FontBank, 1992), Nubian (Dieter Steffmann, 1999, with added Shadow style), and Fansler WF (Walden Font Co., 2013).
Contributed by Florian Hardwig