Issued by J. Haddon & Co. as
Harquil before 1904 and by Hansen
as Tokio before 1909. Copied as
Romantic by the Universal Typefoundry in
Hong Kong. [Reichardt, McGrew]
Harquil is shown in Petzendorfers Schriftenatlas
Neue Folge (1903–1905).
Photo-Lettering’s adaptation is shown as #3792 in
Alphabet Thesaurus Vol. 2 (1965) and listed as
“original handlettered design” under the name Henry in
the One Line catalog (1971). Lettergraphics had the
design as Arquil. [1969 catalog]
Many digital versions, most of which are unrecommendable,
including Richard A. Ware’s Moulin Rouge FLF (Casady
and Greene, 1990–1992, with notable differences),
Harquil (WSI), and Crane
(Arts More…
Issued by J. Haddon & Co. as Harquil before 1904 and by Hansen as Tokio before 1909. Copied as Romantic by the Universal Typefoundry in Hong Kong. [Reichardt, McGrew] Harquil is shown in Petzendorfers Schriftenatlas Neue Folge (1903–1905).
Photo-Lettering’s adaptation is shown as #3792 in Alphabet Thesaurus Vol. 2 (1965) and listed as “original handlettered design” under the name Henry in the One Line catalog (1971). Lettergraphics had the design as Arquil. [1969 catalog]
Many digital versions, most of which are unrecommendable, including Richard A. Ware’s Moulin Rouge FLF (Casady and Greene, 1990–1992, with notable differences), Harquil (WSI), and Crane (Arts & Letters Corporation, 1995–2001), Excalibur Logotype (unknown). See the Dafont forum for a more detailed list.
