This design goes back to a typeface from c. 1820 by the Paris-based foundry of Joseph Gillé. In 1862, Laurent & Deberny had adopted it in various size variations (Lettres ornées N. 101, N. 103, N. 89). It reappears at Deberny & Peignot and at Haas under the name of Lettres Ombrées Ornées. Letraset had it as Lettres Ornees (with a D&P credit), Mecanorma as 82A Lettres Ornees / Ornees A (with a Haas credit).

Dieter Steffmann made a freely available (but unsatisfactory and limited) digitization in 2002. FontMesa announced a new digital version with a lowercase in 2015.