A set of slab caps with 3-dimensional effect, in oblique view
with horizontally hatched edges. Cast by Bruce in 1837. Shown in
Bruce’s 1848 specimen as
Two-Line Columbian Ornamented and
Five-Line Pica Ornamented, No. 2 and in 1869 as
Two-Line Columbian Ornamented, No. 1 and as
Four-Line Pica Ornamented, No. 16. Also known as Initiales
Ombrées (Deberny & Peignot), Ornamented (No.
2), or Broadcast [Babel Press]. Shown in a
Caslon specimen from 1842 as English Two-line Ornamental No.
2 [Two Centuries of Typefounding, 1920].
Shown in PLINC’s Alphabet Thesaurus
Vol. 2 (1965) as Sunset
and in Solotype’s catalog (1992) as Broadcast.
Digitizations include Lettres More…
A set of slab caps with 3-dimensional effect, in oblique view with horizontally hatched edges. Cast by Bruce in 1837. Shown in Bruce’s 1848 specimen as Two-Line Columbian Ornamented and Five-Line Pica Ornamented, No. 2 and in 1869 as Two-Line Columbian Ornamented, No. 1 and as Four-Line Pica Ornamented, No. 16. Also known as Initiales Ombrées (Deberny & Peignot), Ornamented (No. 2), or Broadcast [Babel Press]. Shown in a Caslon specimen from 1842 as English Two-line Ornamental No. 2 [Two Centuries of Typefounding, 1920].
Shown in PLINC’s Alphabet Thesaurus Vol. 2 (1965) as Sunset and in Solotype’s catalog (1992) as Broadcast.
Digitizations include Lettres Ombrees (Bulldog) (Bulldog), Broadcast Titling (D. Steffmann, 2000), and Shady Characters (West Wind Fonts, 2001, used for sample). The latter two are rather crudely digitized freebies with a limited character set.
