Origin uncertain. Alphabet Innovations issued it circa 1970 [AI,
Vol. 2]. Available from other sources as Times Roman
Power [Lettergraphics, Castcraft]. Phil Martin claimed credit, but
someone else may have drawn the type [Typographica].
There were other swashed versions of Times from other phototype
sources, such as Moore Swash.
Phil
Martin on the name: “I was begging for attention. Endowed Jones
was a form of Times Roman with flairs the end of which were phallic
shaped. Endowed is a male sexual compliment. Available Jones was a
popular character in the Al Capp Li’l Abner comic strip.
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Origin uncertain. Alphabet Innovations issued it circa 1970 [AI, Vol. 2]. Available from other sources as Times Roman Power [Lettergraphics, Castcraft]. Phil Martin claimed credit, but someone else may have drawn the type [Typographica].
There were other swashed versions of Times from other phototype sources, such as Moore Swash.
Phil Martin on the name: “I was begging for attention. Endowed Jones was a form of Times Roman with flairs the end of which were phallic shaped. Endowed is a male sexual compliment. Available Jones was a popular character in the Al Capp Li’l Abner comic strip. Available would do anything for money. And of course the term is a play on the famous Dow Jones Averages.”