Made at Berthold before 1897. [Reichardt] Appears to be a copy
of Washington
(Central, c.1886), but in outline and with some changes. Most
notably, middle bars in ‘E’ and ‘F’ are short, terminal in ‘L’
doesn’t ascend as much, ‘M’ is wider and has a base middle serif,
‘W’ has descenders with diagonal serifs and a top middle serif, ‘4’
has no top serif. Shown in Petzendorfers
Schriftenatlas (1903–1905). No lowercase.
Photo-Lettering had a film version as Hoop Skirt
Outline [Alphabet Thesaurus Nine Thousand,
1960] and later renamed it to Alexandra [One
Manual of Styles, 1971]. Included in Berthold Fototypes’
E1 (1974) and in Typeshop’s 1973 catalog as
Alexandra Initialen, and in Headliners’ Morgan Press
Collection as MP349. Shown in outlined and solid
styles in a Lettergraphics More…
Made at Berthold before 1897. [Reichardt] Appears to be a copy of Washington (Central, c.1886), but in outline and with some changes. Most notably, middle bars in ‘E’ and ‘F’ are short, terminal in ‘L’ doesn’t ascend as much, ‘M’ is wider and has a base middle serif, ‘W’ has descenders with diagonal serifs and a top middle serif, ‘4’ has no top serif. Shown in Petzendorfers Schriftenatlas (1903–1905). No lowercase.
Photo-Lettering had a film version as Hoop Skirt Outline [Alphabet Thesaurus Nine Thousand, 1960] and later renamed it to Alexandra [One Manual of Styles, 1971]. Included in Berthold Fototypes’ E1 (1974) and in Typeshop’s 1973 catalog as Alexandra Initialen, and in Headliners’ Morgan Press Collection as MP349. Shown in outlined and solid styles in a Lettergraphics catalog (1968) as Andra Caps, in Castcraft’s Encyclopedia (1978) as Alfie, and in the Solotype catalog (1992) as Washington Antique.
Mephisto (Scriptorium, 1993) is a digital version with solid letters, a severely limited character set, and faux small caps in place of a lowercase. Thuvia (Michael Lee, 1999) is an amateur digitization based on the titles of the Edgar Rice Burroughs paperback series by Ace.
