An all-caps alphabet designed by Percy Pickard Jenkins for W.S. Cowell
in 1952. [Dolman]
Shown in A Book of Typefaces (1952) by British printer
W.S. Cowell Ltd. as “photo-print fount” named Pickard
Tuscan Decorated. There’s also a solid style, with
alternate J. No lowercase or figures. The
decorated style was also reproduced in The Studio Book of
Alphabets (Studio Publications, 1953; A–Z).
Phototype adaptations are shown by Photo-Lettering as
Frontier (solid), labeled as derived from an existing
typeface, [PLINC 1965] and by Lettergraphics as Boulder Ornate Caps
and Boulder Solid Caps. [Lettergraphics 1970] Copied by Castcraft as Boxer Fancy and Boxer
Solid. [Castcraft 1978] Both styles of
Boulder were also shown by Solotype. [Solo 1992]
The solid style was digitally More…
An all-caps alphabet designed by Percy Pickard Jenkins for W.S. Cowell in 1952. [Dolman] Shown in A Book of Typefaces (1952) by British printer W.S. Cowell Ltd. as “photo-print fount” named Pickard Tuscan Decorated. There’s also a solid style, with alternate J. No lowercase or figures. The decorated style was also reproduced in The Studio Book of Alphabets (Studio Publications, 1953; A–Z).
Phototype adaptations are shown by Photo-Lettering as Frontier (solid), labeled as derived from an existing typeface, [PLINC 1965] and by Lettergraphics as Boulder Ornate Caps and Boulder Solid Caps. [Lettergraphics 1970] Copied by Castcraft as Boxer Fancy and Boxer Solid. [Castcraft 1978] Both styles of Boulder were also shown by Solotype. [Solo 1992]
The solid style was digitally revived as ITC Buckeroo.
