Formerly known as Ornamented No. 1513, this face
originated about 1854 with the Caslon foundry [McGrew
1993]. Other sources mention the Bruce foundry [Reichardt
2011]. Farmer’s Ornamented series is distinguished
by more spurs in the lowercase. Austin Wood had this style as
Ornamented (all caps) and Tuscan Shaded
(w/ lowercase). Cast as Bailey Shaded by Charlie Broad
at Typefounders of Phoenix in the 1950s. Matrices were sold to the
Los Angeles Type Founders and then on to Barco Type Foundry and
Skyline Type Foundry. [Skyline, TH Groves]
See Sacher
for a phototype adaptation with open letters and solid shade.
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Formerly known as Ornamented No. 1513, this face originated about 1854 with the Caslon foundry [McGrew 1993]. Other sources mention the Bruce foundry [Reichardt 2011]. Farmer’s Ornamented series is distinguished by more spurs in the lowercase. Austin Wood had this style as Ornamented (all caps) and Tuscan Shaded (w/ lowercase). Cast as Bailey Shaded by Charlie Broad at Typefounders of Phoenix in the 1950s. Matrices were sold to the Los Angeles Type Founders and then on to Barco Type Foundry and Skyline Type Foundry. [Skyline, TH Groves]
See Sacher for a phototype adaptation with open letters and solid shade.
TPTC CW Carnival of Treason (New Blazing Star Press. 2015) is a caps-only digitization with distressed letterforms and used for the sample.
