An inclined bold Egyptian with descending decorative flourishes,
drawn by Alex Stocker in 1954. Similar to
Italic Ornate
(MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan, 1874), but
bolder and without lowercase. The alphabet (A–Z, no numerals) is
reproduced in the first Lettera book as
Tropical [Lettera 1].
Phototype adaptations shown by Lettergraphics as Dodge Caps
(undecorated) and Dodge Ornate [Lettergraphics 1968], by Castcraft as
Perkins (undecorated) and Perkins
Swirl [Castcraft 1978], and by
Solotype as Dodge City [Solo 1992].
Digitizations include Dodge City Initials (Renn
Crump), Western Sky (Font Mesa, before 2007, with
added lowercase, More…
An inclined bold Egyptian with descending decorative flourishes, drawn by Alex Stocker in 1954. Similar to Italic Ornate (MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan, 1874), but bolder and without lowercase. The alphabet (A–Z, no numerals) is reproduced in the first Lettera book as Tropical [Lettera 1].
Phototype adaptations shown by Lettergraphics as Dodge Caps (undecorated) and Dodge Ornate [Lettergraphics 1968], by Castcraft as Perkins (undecorated) and Perkins Swirl [Castcraft 1978], and by Solotype as Dodge City [Solo 1992].
Digitizations include Dodge City Initials (Renn Crump), Western Sky (Font Mesa, before 2007, with added lowercase, used for sample), New Dodge City (Alan J. Prescott, 1996) and Doughboy Roman (Alan J. Prescott, 2018).
