Designed by Julius
Herriet, Jr. for the Boston & Central foundries sometime before
June 1889 [The
American Bookmaker]. Also cast by Lehmann
and, as Babyloniennes, by
Beaudoire/Peignot [Reichardt] “One of the
peculiar features of this series is, that the lower-case letters b,
d, h, m, n, p, q and y can be used to represent Q, P, Y, W, U, B, D
and H, and capital M makes W; figure 7 makes L, and figure 6 makes
9, by merely inverting them – an important item for the
consideration of the printer, when short of ‘sorts.’ The letters
line both ways. Logotypes [for ‘The’, ‘and’, ‘Co’] of each size are
furnished.” [c1892
Boston specimen]
Hardy More…
Designed by Julius Herriet, Jr. for the Boston & Central foundries sometime before June 1889 [The American Bookmaker]. Also cast by Lehmann and, as Babyloniennes, by Beaudoire/Peignot [Reichardt] “One of the peculiar features of this series is, that the lower-case letters b, d, h, m, n, p, q and y can be used to represent Q, P, Y, W, U, B, D and H, and capital M makes W; figure 7 makes L, and figure 6 makes 9, by merely inverting them – an important item for the consideration of the printer, when short of ‘sorts.’ The letters line both ways. Logotypes [for ‘The’, ‘and’, ‘Co’] of each size are furnished.” [c1892 Boston specimen]
Hardy Har Har NF (Nick’s Fonts, 2004, used for sample) is a digitization.
