Designed by William W. Jackson. The patent from March
17, 1891 shows an all-caps design with open top and solid bottom
halves. Keystone’s
1906 specimen shows only a solid style.
Also carried by Krebs as
Allegro (before 1907, in solid and licht, i.e. open
styles) and by Augusta as
Beatrice (before 1914, in scuri and chiara styles).
[Reichardt 2011] Augusta also had a wood
type adaptation. [1908–18
specimen]
Carried by T.J. Lyons as Dale Condensed [Ninth
Graphic Arts Production Yearbook, 1950] and by
Solotype as Ancient
Gothic Shaded [Solo 1992].
Digital versions include Vasari NF (Nick’s Fonts, 2011, solid caps
with small caps only) and Roman More…
Designed by William W. Jackson. The patent from March 17, 1891 shows an all-caps design with open top and solid bottom halves. Keystone’s 1906 specimen shows only a solid style.
Also carried by Krebs as Allegro (before 1907, in solid and licht, i.e. open styles) and by Augusta as Beatrice (before 1914, in scuri and chiara styles). [Reichardt 2011] Augusta also had a wood type adaptation. [1908–18 specimen]
Carried by T.J. Lyons as Dale Condensed [Ninth Graphic Arts Production Yearbook, 1950] and by Solotype as Ancient Gothic Shaded [Solo 1992].
Digital versions include Vasari NF (Nick’s Fonts, 2011, solid caps with small caps only) and Roman Tyres (Red Rooster). The latter expands the design to four weights plus Open and Deflated (open top, solid bottom; used for sample) styles. The Light and Medium weights have a lowercase.
