A.k.a. Les Jensoniennes or just
Jensoniennes. The upright style appears to be
identical to Memorial (Figgins, c.1883). Beaudoire’s version also has
(added?) italic and open styles [c.1896
Beaudoire specimen].
Various (swash) alternates including for ‘cemnrvAN’. Some design
details are considerably different across the sizes. Some capitals
follow the round Gothic style known as Lombardic capitals. In
addition to mixed-case use, specimens suggest the pairing of caps
with smaller caps from a different size.
Lettres Lapidaires is a variant with different
forms for ‘AEHMNUWÆ’ that stay closer to classic Roman
capitals.
The all-caps open variants have a SE dop shade plus a second
thin split shade. They More…
A.k.a. Les Jensoniennes or just Jensoniennes. The upright style appears to be identical to Memorial (Figgins, c.1883). Beaudoire’s version also has (added?) italic and open styles [c.1896 Beaudoire specimen].
Various (swash) alternates including for ‘cemnrvAN’. Some design details are considerably different across the sizes. Some capitals follow the round Gothic style known as Lombardic capitals. In addition to mixed-case use, specimens suggest the pairing of caps with smaller caps from a different size.
Lettres Lapidaires is a variant with different forms for ‘AEHMNUWÆ’ that stay closer to classic Roman capitals.
The all-caps open variants have a SE dop shade plus a second thin split shade. They are named Jensoniennes Blanches and Lapidaires Blanches. The latter has different forms for ‘AHMNTQ’.
