This face was first shown as wood type by Horatio & Jerimiah
Bill in their 1853 Specimens of Machinery Cut Wood
Type. In American Wood Type Rob Roy Kelly
attributed the first showing to William H. Page in 1859
Specimens of Wood Type [RRKWTC]
“Lowercase was not designed for this face in every instance. This
design was shown by Connor & Sons, in 1855, in a size which
suggests that it was cut in wood.” – Kelly. A wood type version is
shown as W-14, 8 Line in a Morgan Press catalog.
Streamer No 138 is a reversed variant shown as wood
type by J.E. Hamilton and William Baker in their 1886 Specimens
of Holly Wood Type. [RRKWTC]
See also Ornamented More…
This face was first shown as wood type by Horatio & Jerimiah Bill in their 1853 Specimens of Machinery Cut Wood Type. In American Wood Type Rob Roy Kelly attributed the first showing to William H. Page in 1859 Specimens of Wood Type [RRKWTC] “Lowercase was not designed for this face in every instance. This design was shown by Connor & Sons, in 1855, in a size which suggests that it was cut in wood.” – Kelly. A wood type version is shown as W-14, 8 Line in a Morgan Press catalog.
Streamer No 138 is a reversed variant shown as wood type by J.E. Hamilton and William Baker in their 1886 Specimens of Holly Wood Type. [RRKWTC]
See also Ornamented (Marr 1853) for similar styles in metal, and adaptations thereof.
Digitized by Jordan Davies as Tuscan Italian Round (used for sample).
