“Bradley [AKA Bradley Text,
Ihlenburg]
was designed by Herman Ihlenburg — some sources credit it to Joseph
W. Phinney — from lettering by Will H. Bradley
for the
1894 Christmas cover of an Inland Printer
magazine. It was produced by ATF in 1895, with Italic, Extended,
and Outline versions appearing about three years later.”
[McGrew]
Introduced in October 1895. [Lindsay]
Some sources state it was released in 1894 by Central. [Rollins]
[Reichardt
2011] Accompanied by a set of
initials. Inland had their own face based on Bradley’s
lettering, St.
John. [Lindsay]
Adapted by Lanston Monotype/Wimble. Also cast as
Amerikanische Altgotisch (Bauer, Ludwig & Mayer,
Krebs, Stempel, L. Wagner, Weisert),
Amerikanische Gotisch (John), Altgotisch (Gursch),
Altgotisch B
(Berthold), Altgotisch fett (Haas),
Britannia-Gotisch (Klinkhardt), and
Gammel-Gotisk (Simmelkiaer). The Extended was
available as Altgotisch breit (Klingspor),
Ariosto (Società Augusta), Britannia-Gotisch
fett (Bauer, Klinkhardt), Kloster-Gotisch fett
(Flinsch), Mammut-Gotisch (Krebs),
Original-Gotisch (L. Wagner). [Reichardt More…
“Bradley [AKA Bradley Text, Ihlenburg] was designed by Herman Ihlenburg — some sources credit it to Joseph W. Phinney — from lettering by Will H. Bradley for the 1894 Christmas cover of an Inland Printer magazine. It was produced by ATF in 1895, with Italic, Extended, and Outline versions appearing about three years later.” [McGrew] Introduced in October 1895. [Lindsay] Some sources state it was released in 1894 by Central. [Rollins] [Reichardt 2011] Accompanied by a set of initials. Inland had their own face based on Bradley’s lettering, St. John. [Lindsay]
Adapted by Lanston Monotype/Wimble. Also cast as Amerikanische Altgotisch (Bauer, Ludwig & Mayer, Krebs, Stempel, L. Wagner, Weisert), Amerikanische Gotisch (John), Altgotisch (Gursch), Altgotisch B (Berthold), Altgotisch fett (Haas), Britannia-Gotisch (Klinkhardt), and Gammel-Gotisk (Simmelkiaer). The Extended was available as Altgotisch breit (Klingspor), Ariosto (Società Augusta), Britannia-Gotisch fett (Bauer, Klinkhardt), Kloster-Gotisch fett (Flinsch), Mammut-Gotisch (Krebs), Original-Gotisch (L. Wagner). [Reichardt 2011] [Wetzig 1926]
A condensed version is shown in the 1991 edition of Rookledge’s International Typefinder as Venetian Text Condensed.
Revived by David Jonathan Ross in 2018 as Bradley DJR (used for sample). Other less authentic and less complete interpretations include Bradley Gratis (Justin Callaghan, 2005), Bradley Pro (Profonts, 2005), and Fyne Fish NF (Nick’s Fonts, 2009).
