A set of caps with hatched Egyptian top and decorated Tuscan
bottom halves, c. 1850. Revived by Fonderie Typographique Française
as Romantiques No. 5.
Shown in PLINC’s One Line (1971) and in the
Solotype catalog (1992) as Bracelet. Los Angeles Type
Founder’s and Mecanorma’s version was named Tuscan
Ornate. [1971
ad] Adopted by Letraset as Romantiques No. 5, with
FTF credits.
Digital interpretations include Bracelet Victorian
(Douglas Day, 2001. “Scanned from Tschichold’s Treasury of
Alphabets and Lettering (Norton)”),
JFRingmaster (Jessica Slater, 2001, clean and regularized),
Romantiques (Dieter Steffmann, 2002, rough; used for
sample), and Egyptienne Zierinitialen (Dieter
Steffmann, 2002, different and w/o numerals). Main More…
A set of caps with hatched Egyptian top and decorated Tuscan bottom halves, c. 1850. Revived by Fonderie Typographique Française as Romantiques No. 5.
Shown in PLINC’s One Line (1971) and in the Solotype catalog (1992) as Bracelet. Los Angeles Type Founder’s and Mecanorma’s version was named Tuscan Ornate. [1971 ad] Adopted by Letraset as Romantiques No. 5, with FTF credits.
Digital interpretations include Bracelet Victorian (Douglas Day, 2001. “Scanned from Tschichold’s Treasury of Alphabets and Lettering (Norton)”), JFRingmaster (Jessica Slater, 2001, clean and regularized), Romantiques (Dieter Steffmann, 2002, rough; used for sample), and Egyptienne Zierinitialen (Dieter Steffmann, 2002, different and w/o numerals). Main Strike (FontMesa, 2003) adds a lowercase. Dusty Circus (Baseline Fonts, 2011) is a layered interpretation.
