USD15792S - Design for a font of printing-type - Google Patents

Description

DESIGN.

W. W. JACKSON.

FONT OE PRINTING TYPE.

No. 15,792 Patented Feb.10,1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VHLIAM \V. JACKSOX, OF PHILADELPHIA, PEN NSYLYAXIA, Ah'h'ltlNOlt 'ltl All'llll ll )l, J SD ALSON lC. llAllXllAlll, Ol Clllthitlt), ILLlNUlH.

DESlGN FOR A FONT OF PRINTING-TYPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Design No. 15,792, dated February 10, 1885v 'lerni 0t patent H tans.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that 1', \Viipipuu \Y. .LieksoN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented and produced a new and original Design for a Font ot' lrinting lypes, of which the following is a specification, ret'erenee being hall to the aeeonipanyingillustration,t'orlningaparthereol'.

This letter is what may he called at -"eharaetenseript, and consists of eapitals, lower case, figures, and points. A special feature is shown in the irregular untinished or broken appearance ot eapitals ll A F (i ll l l' K 11' N 1 T H S X. the tirst or main stroke lClllllHZll ing abruptly at the bottom. The figures lllll t'ate the old-style in (-haraeter, the intention being to make them appear irregular and of different sizes. All the lowercaseletters (excepting 1', g. j, l, and p) are so cut as to avoid t kerning. and they are constructed to C()1l l form to the capitals being shaded on the downl strokes. The loops of the descending, and ascending letters are short. while the body otl the same is eorrespondiugh large. A speeial feature iS shown in solueol'the lower ea e letters, as follows: t' terminates below the line with a heavy strokmwilhout loop and curves toward the led. The loop at the t-euter on right Side of loner-ease p is roun l-like and terminates near the main or oblique stroke. The eross-strt'ilujt lowerea e t isdiagonal l'roni left; to right, heginuing with a lie-ht line and graduating to a swell where it ends. Lower case V and w have a, short selni-eurre on out side of eaeh where they make eonueet ion with any of the other low r ease letter The design (litters trout any oth r st lt ol seript in l'orination and general tllilltltlt'l'.

The design for a told of printing-types, as described, and shown in the aeeoxnpairring illustration.

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