USD16101S - Design for a font of printing-type - Google Patents

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DESIGN.

W F. GAPITAIN.

FONT OP PRINTING TYPE.

No. 16,101. Patented May 26, 1885.

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WILLIAM F. CAPITAIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DESIGN FOR A FONT OF PRINTING-TYPE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM F. CAPITAIN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented and produced a new and original Design for a Font of Printjug-Type, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the ac companying printed specimens.

My invention consists of a new design for a font of printing-type composed of one set of capital letters and two sets of lower-case letters formed of shaded and hair lines, nearly all of which letters are angular in form.

The capital letters D O Q and the upper portion of P and the lower-case letter 0, except one form, are rhomboidal in shape. The tops of nearly all the capital letters are inclined upward from the left upper corner. The lines forming the left and upper portions of the letters B (3 D E K O P R cross each other at the upper left corners. The upper slant line of the capital letter T crosses the vertical line near its top.

The bodies of thelower-caselettcrsa, b, d, g, p, and q are trapezoidal in shape, and the vertical lines of all these letters extend above and below the bodies of the letters, the lower line of the body of one form of p being slightly curved and extended across the stem of the letter. The top of the stem of each of the lower letters t d k 1, one form of h, p, and r, is formed with a. downwardly-inclined point, and the bottom of one form of the-lower letter q is formed withan upwardly-extended point. The lower-case e is formed of a continuous double curved line.

The horizontal and left vertical lines of the numeral 4 and the lines forming the upper and lower portions of the numeral 5 intersect each other. The line forming the lower curve of the numeral 6 is extended across and slightly beyond the middle portion of theletter. The top of the numeral 7 is formed of a straight horizontal line and ashort slightly-curvedline intersecting and extending above and below the horizontal line near its leftend. The numeral 8 is open at its upper left corner. The end of the line forming theuppercurve of the numeral 9 does not connect with the downward line: The ends of the line forming the cipher O intersect and extend beyond each other at the top.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The design for a font of printing-type in which the letters D, O, Q, P, and o are rhonr boidal in shape, the tops of nearly all the capitals are inclined upward from the left upper corner, the lines forming the left and upper portions of B, C, D, E, K, 0 P, and R cross each other at the upper left corners, the bodies of the lower-case letters a, b, d, g, p, and q are trapezoidal in shape, these and the other portions of the design being substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof Iaffix niysignatnre in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM F. CAPITAIN.

Witnesses:

THos. WILSON, J was HAWKINS.

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