Gothic Round was first introduced as wood type by the George Nesbitt Co. in 1838 [RRK], appearing to be a softened variation of Edwin Allen’s Gothic shown at the same time.

Some versions, such as Farmer, Little & John’s, have simplified shapes of letters like ‘G’ and ‘R’.

In 2013 Miguel Sousa digitized the face for the Hamilton Wood Type Museum as HWT Gothic Round.