Collective entry for an extracondensed slab serif named Skeleton Antique as cast by various American foundries. The sample shows Farmer’s version as depicted in a 1895 specimen.

For versions distinguished by less contrast and a shorter middle bar in ‘E’, see either the caps-only Skeleton (which sometimes is also named Skeleton Antique), or, with an upward-pointing terminal in ‘R’, Skeleton Antique No. 2.

For an unrelated wood type design under this name, see Skeleton Antique, first listed by William H. Page in 1865.

Digital interpretations include MVB Peccadillo (MVB Fonts, 2002) and Skelett Antiken NF (Nick’s Fonts, 2014).