An all-caps outlined and shaded Tuscan with solid top halves and
ornamental dots in the lower halves. Issued in metal by Bruce as
Ornamented No. 847 in c. 1849. Also known as
Tuscan Ombree, Carnival, Ornate
No. 4. [McGrew]
Gray lists this design as Tuscan no. 3, Stephenson
Blake, c. 1849. [Gray
1976]
Cut in wood by Wells & Webb and shown in their 1854 catalog as
Doric Ornamented. [RRK]
Also appears as [Two-Line Pica] Ornamented, No. 18 by
Bruce in 1869, as [Nine-Line Pica and Six-Line Pica]
Ornamented, No. 7 by Boston in 1860, and as [Two-Line
Pica] Ornamented, No. 16 by Cincinnati in 1870 and 1882.
Copied in the 20th century by Harry Weidemann as Tuscan
Ombree. [Circuitous
Root]
Sold by Fonderie Typographique Française as Romantiques
2 and by Enschedé as Fantaisie Kapitalen geschaduwd
Serie 7. [Reichardt
2011]
Reproduced as Romantique (A–Z, 0–9) with FTF credits in
Lettera 1 (1954). Shown by PLINC as
Dolphin [PLINC
One-Liner], by VGC as Romantiques No. 2
(Carnival), [VGC
1972] and in the 1992 Solotype catalog as
Carnival. More…
An all-caps outlined and shaded Tuscan with solid top halves and ornamental dots in the lower halves. Issued in metal by Bruce as Ornamented No. 847 in c. 1849. Also known as Tuscan Ombree, Carnival, Ornate No. 4. [McGrew] Gray lists this design as Tuscan no. 3, Stephenson Blake, c. 1849. [Gray 1976]
Cut in wood by Wells & Webb and shown in their 1854 catalog as Doric Ornamented. [RRK] Also appears as [Two-Line Pica] Ornamented, No. 18 by Bruce in 1869, as [Nine-Line Pica and Six-Line Pica] Ornamented, No. 7 by Boston in 1860, and as [Two-Line Pica] Ornamented, No. 16 by Cincinnati in 1870 and 1882. Copied in the 20th century by Harry Weidemann as Tuscan Ombree. [Circuitous Root]
Sold by Fonderie Typographique Française as Romantiques 2 and by Enschedé as Fantaisie Kapitalen geschaduwd Serie 7. [Reichardt 2011]
Reproduced as Romantique (A–Z, 0–9) with FTF credits in Lettera 1 (1954). Shown by PLINC as Dolphin [PLINC One-Liner], by VGC as Romantiques No. 2 (Carnival), [VGC 1972] and in the 1992 Solotype catalog as Carnival. [Solotype 1992]
The sample shows Dolphin, a limited freebie digitization of unknown origin (Solopedia mentions Expressiv), expanded as Dorothy (FontBank, 1995). Richard W. Mueller’s Carnival (1993) is a crude freebie in 2 styles, Rimmed and OpenShadow, without the decoration. Dan Roseman’s Circus (1994) is a severly limited auto-traced version. For quality options, see the chromatic Rodeo Clown (FontMesa, 2004, with an added lowercase) and Zebrawood (Adobe, 1994, loosely based on a Wells & Webb specimen).
