Wetzig credits the design to Conner with an 1830 date, but that’s unconfirmed. [Wetzig 1926–40] First shown in Germany by Schelter & Giesecke as Schmale fette Steinschrift (1886) who labeled it as their original design. Carried by Böttger as Fette schmale Steinschrift. [Reynolds]

Farmer offered the design at least as early as 1887 with the name Gothic Condensed No. 8. The US Gov't Printing Office also used that name. Shown by Conner as Gothic Condensed No. 7 in 1888 [Frere-Jones]. Shown by Genzsch as Schmale fette Steinschriften (1888) and later as Halbfette Steinschrift (1910). Keystone showed it as Gothic Condensed No. 3. Carried by Krebs as Schmale fette Steinschrift, with a single-story ‘g’. [Reynolds] Schelter & Giesecke’s wood version was named Naxos [c.1928 Plakatschriften specimen].

The sample combines glyphs from various versions and sizes.