Collective page for a condensed Latin or Etienne ft. a two-story
‘g’ with diagonal flag. Cut by M.
Jean Rochaix and released by Stephenson Blake as Elongated Latin in
1873 [Reichardt 2011]. American foundries issued
it as Latin Condensed and Modern Antique
Condensed.
Shown as Renaissance schmal halbfett (ca. 1880,
AG für
Schriftgießerei u. M., Stempel) and Renaissance schmal (before
1900, Genzsch
& Heyse, Haas, John, Klingspor, Bauer) [Wetzig 1926–40]. Krebs added a two-color version to their
Schmale Renaissance. [1899
specimen] Woellmer’s
Renaissance schmal is similar, but distinguished by an
‘r’ with ball terminal and a bent flag in ‘g’.
Monotype had it as
Latin Condensed Series 419 (1935), sourced from
Krebs. [Gill 2020]
Photo-Lettering had a phototype version as
Latin Elongated. [PLINC One Liner 1971]
Digital versions include Latin
Condensed (Monotype),
PL Latin Elongated (Monotype, obtained from
Photo-Lettering, miscredited on
MyFonts to David Quay, cf. his Latino Elongated),
Latin Extra Condensed (Bitstream, a.k.a. Latin 711, no lc),
Latin
CT Extra Condensed (CastleType), OL
Latin Classic More…
Collective page for a condensed Latin or Etienne ft. a two-story ‘g’ with diagonal flag. Cut by M. Jean Rochaix and released by Stephenson Blake as Elongated Latin in 1873 [Reichardt 2011]. American foundries issued it as Latin Condensed and Modern Antique Condensed.
Shown as Renaissance schmal halbfett (ca. 1880, AG für Schriftgießerei u. M., Stempel) and Renaissance schmal (before 1900, Genzsch & Heyse, Haas, John, Klingspor, Bauer) [Wetzig 1926–40]. Krebs added a two-color version to their Schmale Renaissance. [1899 specimen] Woellmer’s Renaissance schmal is similar, but distinguished by an ‘r’ with ball terminal and a bent flag in ‘g’.
Monotype had it as Latin Condensed Series 419 (1935), sourced from Krebs. [Gill 2020]
Photo-Lettering had a phototype version as Latin Elongated. [PLINC One Liner 1971]
Digital versions include Latin Condensed (Monotype), PL Latin Elongated (Monotype, obtained from Photo-Lettering, miscredited on MyFonts to David Quay, cf. his Latino Elongated), Latin Extra Condensed (Bitstream, a.k.a. Latin 711, no lc), Latin CT Extra Condensed (CastleType), OL Latin Classic (Dennis Ortiz-Lopez, by 2005), and Latin Condensed (Wooden Type Fonts, 2005).
