Bruce’s Ornamented No. 1049 is a bold all-caps
roman with SE shade plus ray shade and horizontal hatching.
Patented by David Wolfe Bruce, Jan. 12, 1875. [patent]
Shown in 5 sizes with increasing amount of detailing.
The less wide Radiant
as well as the italic Interline
(both by MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan, 1876) and Cheque
(Boston, 1882) are related designs.
A phototype version is included in the Morgan Press Collection
by Headliners as F 205. [1964
specimen] Another one is shown as Certificate with
Certificate Open (without hatching), together with the
condensed Radiant Antique. [Solotype
1992] Also revived by Compugraphic from the T.J. Lyons
Collection, as Ray Shaded, together with the open
Glenn Shaded. [Compugraphic
1976]
Dirty More…
Bruce’s Ornamented No. 1049 is a bold all-caps roman with SE shade plus ray shade and horizontal hatching. Patented by David Wolfe Bruce, Jan. 12, 1875. [patent] Shown in 5 sizes with increasing amount of detailing.
The less wide Radiant as well as the italic Interline (both by MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan, 1876) and Cheque (Boston, 1882) are related designs.
A phototype version is included in the Morgan Press Collection by Headliners as F 205. [1964 specimen] Another one is shown as Certificate with Certificate Open (without hatching), together with the condensed Radiant Antique. [Solotype 1992] Also revived by Compugraphic from the T.J. Lyons Collection, as Ray Shaded, together with the open Glenn Shaded. [Compugraphic 1976]
Dirty Money SRF (Stella Roberts Fonts, 2012) appears to be a crude digitization of Ornamented No. 1049. See also LTR Federal (LettError, 1996) for a related quality option.
