Ornate Capitals
I’ve searched high and low for the name of this font, or for the entire alphabet. I’ve only been able to find a few random letters here and there. Does anyone know what this font is called?
Ornate_A.gif
ffi |
fl |
5m |
4m |
’ |
k |
e |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
$ |
@ |
# |
Æ |
Π|
æ |
œ |
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j |
b |
c |
d |
i |
s |
f |
g |
ff |
9 |
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
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? |
fi |
0 |
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H |
I |
K |
L |
M |
N |
O |
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I seriously doubt if this was ever part of a cast font. My guess is that it could have possibly been offered as an electrotype initial which were generally ordered individually as needed. You’ll have to search the late nineteenth century foundry and electrotyper’s catalogs.
Its an Aridi font, Tuscani (carnival with vines). I have the alphabet in Vector format.
A-TUSC-B-[Converted].gif
here it is in eps
it wouldn’t let attached an eps, sorry.
Does anyone have this alphabet saved as a vector?
They are in the ATF 1900 catalog, page 795, however I’m sure they are earlier than that. I think they are originally from Mackellar Smiths & Jordan, if memory serves. In the ATF catalog they are among the “Cast Initials,” so they were cast, not electrotyped. They are described as “Series No 1133 D.”
Only 3 initials, B, U, and D, are shown. They are at the bottom left of page 795.
It was hard to scan this page of my 1900 catalog so sorry for the poor quality. I’m sure there is a better quality scan online somewhere.
ATF initials.jpg
LZink asked: “Does anyone have this alphabet saved as a vector?”
Cmcgarr had previously advised: “Its an Aridi font, Tuscani (carnival with vines). I have the alphabet in Vector format.”
You two should get in touch!