“[…] originally cut with lowercase by the Bruce Type Foundry in
1865 and listed as Ornamented No. 1514. Around 1903
the Bruce foundry was bought by ATF, in 1933 this font was revived
by ATF as caps only and was given the Gold Rush name
but was sometimes called Klondike. A similar version
of this font with lowercase and radiused serifs was produced by the
James Conner’s Sons Type Foundry around 1888. In the past other
foundries such as the Carroll foundry, Type Founders of Phoenix and
the Los Angeles Type Foundry have produced an all caps version of
this font.” [Michael
Hagemann]
Carried by Deberny & Peignot as Initiales Compactes
Éclairées (no lowercase). [Lettera 1] Also shown as Grasses Éclairées.
[Tschichold]
Added to Letraset’s Letragraphica range before 1978. [Ariadne] More…
“[…] originally cut with lowercase by the Bruce Type Foundry in 1865 and listed as Ornamented No. 1514. Around 1903 the Bruce foundry was bought by ATF, in 1933 this font was revived by ATF as caps only and was given the Gold Rush name but was sometimes called Klondike. A similar version of this font with lowercase and radiused serifs was produced by the James Conner’s Sons Type Foundry around 1888. In the past other foundries such as the Carroll foundry, Type Founders of Phoenix and the Los Angeles Type Foundry have produced an all caps version of this font.” [Michael Hagemann]
Carried by Deberny & Peignot as Initiales Compactes Éclairées (no lowercase). [Lettera 1] Also shown as Grasses Éclairées. [Tschichold]
Added to Letraset’s Letragraphica range before 1978. [Ariadne] Shown in their 1987/88 catalog without design credits.
Michael Hagemann’s digitization (Font Mesa) adds open faced, ornamented and distressed styles. Gold Spur is a spurred version. FontSite offers another digital version, without lowercase.
