“Octic Gothic was a nineteenth-century style. In the Monotype copy [1930s], many characters wre identical to Gothic No. 545 (Mono 66); in others curves were replaced by diagonal lines.” [McGrew 1993] ATF showed two numbered styles [1899 specimen]. A precursor of ATF’s No. 1 was shown by Palmer & Rey as Octic, with a “patent pending” note [1884 specimen] and by Cincinnati with a “patented” note [1888 specimen] The lighter No. 2 originated at Cincinnati [Reichardt 2011]. No lowercase.

LTC Octic Gothic (Lanston Type Company, 2005) is a digitization by Colin Kahn in two styles and used for the sample. Easy Eights NF (Nick’s Fonts, 2012) is based on Palmer & Rey’s Octic.