Collective entry for an all-caps design with concave stems and
pointed terminals in the shape of concave diamonds.
Similar styles originated in the 1850s in wood type, see
Tuscan
Italian.
Shown by Marr in 1853. [Gray
1976] Boston’s 1860 catalog show in 5 sizes (Four-Line Pica Ornamented, No. 20; Two-Line
Great Primer Orn., No. 35; Two-Line Pica Orn., No. 30; Two-Line
Nonpareil Orn., No. 38; Two-Line Bourgeois Orn., No. 31), with
considerable differences across the sizes. Shown in Farmer’s 1867
catalog with different numbers and one additional smaller size
(Nonpareil Orn. No. 3). The Two-Line
Great Primer here is clearly different, with a wider ‘R’. Shown in
Bruce’s 1869 catalog with different numbers and 3 additional larger sizes
(Six-Line Pica Ornamented, No. 4; Eight-Line Pica
Ornamented, No. 6; Ten-Line Pica Ornamented, No. 3). 6 sizes in a 1870
Cincinnati specimen, and 5 sizes in a c1885 MS&J specimen. A Morgan
Press foundry type specimen from around the 1960s shows
3 sizes
(Ornamented No. 1027 in 12pt and 48pt, More…
Collective entry for an all-caps design with concave stems and pointed terminals in the shape of concave diamonds.
Similar styles originated in the 1850s in wood type, see Tuscan Italian.
Shown by Marr in 1853. [Gray 1976] Boston’s 1860 catalog show in 5 sizes (Four-Line Pica Ornamented, No. 20; Two-Line Great Primer Orn., No. 35; Two-Line Pica Orn., No. 30; Two-Line Nonpareil Orn., No. 38; Two-Line Bourgeois Orn., No. 31), with considerable differences across the sizes. Shown in Farmer’s 1867 catalog with different numbers and one additional smaller size (Nonpareil Orn. No. 3). The Two-Line Great Primer here is clearly different, with a wider ‘R’. Shown in Bruce’s 1869 catalog with different numbers and 3 additional larger sizes (Six-Line Pica Ornamented, No. 4; Eight-Line Pica Ornamented, No. 6; Ten-Line Pica Ornamented, No. 3). 6 sizes in a 1870 Cincinnati specimen, and 5 sizes in a c1885 MS&J specimen. A Morgan Press foundry type specimen from around the 1960s shows 3 sizes (Ornamented No. 1027 in 12pt and 48pt, Ornamented No. 16 in 36pt).
Phototype adaptations are shown Photo-Lettering’s One Line (1971) as Clown King Xenotype and in Headliners’ Morgan Press Collection as F 294. The Solotype catalog (1992) has Snowbird and the bolder Mandy.
TPTC CW Vredenburgh (2012) is a digitization that covers two optical sizes in one font.
