“First shown as wood type by J.G. Cooley & Company in the c.1859
Specimens of Wood Type. Vanderburgh Wells & Company named this face
Gothic Dotted at least as early as its 1872 specimen
catalog, but changed the name to Gothic Tuscan No. 8
by the time it released its 1877 specimen catalog. […] Kelly
incorrectly used the name No.
515 to identify this design”. [Shields 2022]
Photo-Lettering had an adaptation as
Aldersgate. [PLINC 1965] See Keystone (Lettergraphics) for a related contoured design.
Digital interpretations include ITC
Florinda (Luis Siquot, 1997) and, more faithfully,
Gothic Tuscan 8 (Wooden
Type Fonts, More…
“First shown as wood type by J.G. Cooley & Company in the c.1859 Specimens of Wood Type. Vanderburgh Wells & Company named this face Gothic Dotted at least as early as its 1872 specimen catalog, but changed the name to Gothic Tuscan No. 8 by the time it released its 1877 specimen catalog. […] Kelly incorrectly used the name No. 515 to identify this design”. [Shields 2022]
Photo-Lettering had an adaptation as Aldersgate. [PLINC 1965] See Keystone (Lettergraphics) for a related contoured design.
Digital interpretations include ITC Florinda (Luis Siquot, 1997) and, more faithfully, Gothic Tuscan 8 (Wooden Type Fonts, 2008) and AWT Page-Setchell No 515 (Dick Page, Dec. 2013, based on the mislabeled Kelly showing; used for sample). There is also a version of the latter with added Cyrillic characters, made in April 2017.
