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    <title>Italic Ornate in use</title>
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    <description>Italic Ornate in use. An italic Egyptian with descending decorative swirls on the caps. Patented in February 1874 by Richard Smith (an executive of MacKellar, Smiths &amp;amp; Jordan) and assigned to the corporation [USPTO D007154]. [Type Heritage Project] Later shown as Italic Ornate [1885 catalog]. Also shown by Berthier &amp; Durey as Italiennes Italiques Ornées [c.1903 specimen]&#13;
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A phototype adaptation is included by Headliners in their Morgan Press Collection as F 268, with lowercase [1978 catalog]. Tropical (1954) is a related but bolder all-caps design,</description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[4x4 (Grove Press, 1962)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Contributed by <a href="/contributors/12/florian-hardwig">Florian Hardwig</a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/33282/4x4-grove-press-1962"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/114/113489/upto-700xauto/69b55793/grove4x4.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/44146/smoke"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/4/3662/440/4/594a4378/smoke.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/14030/art-gothic"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/renders/43/14030/400/4/69e4f957/art-gothic.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/90519/grant-no-2"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/15/14568/440/4/677d075c/grant-no-2.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/159028/italic-ornate"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/9/8259/440/4/60aa7249/italic-ornate.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/44/helvetica"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/8/7433/440/4/67af27e7/helvetica.png"/></a><br/><br/><p><cite>4×4</cite> is the title of a compilation of four erotic novellas, published by Grove Press in 1962. Each pair of title and author’s name is set in a different typeface, with <a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/tags/8933/alternating-line-colors" data-entity-code-id="8933" data-entity-code-type="Tag">alternating line colors</a>. The chosen typefaces are <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/44146/smoke" data-entity-code-id="44146" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Smoke</a></strong> for <cite>Stairway to the Sea</cite> by Thomas Firth Jones, <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/14030/art-gothic" data-entity-code-id="14030" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Art Gothic</a></strong> for <cite>This Night in Sodom</cite> by Charles Jules Reiter, <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/90519/grant-no-2" data-entity-code-id="90519" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Grant No. 2</a></strong> for <cite>Custom</cite> by John Schultz, and <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/159028/italic-ornate" data-entity-code-id="159028" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Italic Ornate</a></strong> for <cite>The Apostate Heriger</cite> by Anthony Shafton. All four designs have roots in the 19th century, and all were included in the Morgan Press Collection, a series of revivals of wood and foundry typefaces adopted for phototype by <a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/foundry/1390/headliners" data-entity-code-id="1390" data-entity-code-type="Foundry">Headliners</a> in the 1960s.</p><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/33282/4x4-grove-press-1962"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/140/139552/upto-700xauto/69b57024/1341628646.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=1341628646" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.abebooks.com</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Dorley House Books</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/33282/4x4-grove-press-1962"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/140/139551/upto-700xauto/69b57024/10129116111.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=10129116111" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.abebooks.com</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Rare Book Cellar</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><br/>This post was originally published at <a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/33282/4x4-grove-press-1962">Fonts In Use</a><hr/>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2021 20:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>Florian Hardwig</author>
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