USD16516S - Design for a font of type - Google Patents

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DESIGN.

C. E4 HBYER.

PONT 0F TYPE.

No. 16,516. Patented Feb.Q,1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEo CHARLES E. HEYER, OF CIUCAGO. lLLlNOl. ASSlGNOR TO ARTHUR M. ANI) ALSON ll. UARNILXRT, OF SAME PLACE.

DESIGN FOR A FONT OF TYPE.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Design No. 16,516, dated February 9,1886.

ApplilalionliledJnnel.13H5. Serial No, 1li` To ai] 1li/011i z't muy concern:

le it known that l, (.ninrl-:s h1. llEYine. a` elli/,en ol` the United States. residing in the elliv ol' Chicago, eounly ol' lool, and Slate ol' illinois. have invented und produced a new and lriginal Design l'or a '["onl ol' Printing- Types. ol` which l he accompanying impression is :in exael representatien, und is n parl ol this sneciliealion.

The character ol' the design is u sendernznnenled rallier condensed type ol` lnediuln weight: and it eonsisls ol' capitals, points, ligures. character TQ, lower-case, and one endoinanienl. The corners of The lellers, holh capital and hnveucnse, are rounded either in side or outside. while olln-rs anl slightly conl'are :1| lol or holloxn, oral liolh. The sharp or poinled eeriphs, wherever they appear. are u special leal nre ol the design.

ln capital ol` lny design lhe left stroke lapers l'roni lop lo bulloni and stands al an incline; lhe rig-Inside stroke is ptrrpemlicular; the eeriph at lhe boltoln is light and curves outward; lhe erossslrokc runs l'roni the rightside perpeiulieular line diagonally upward and crosses llie lel't inclined line, ending near the lop outside. Capital B: The center line turns downward and does not connect with the ller]endienlarstrokc. Capital H: The ii'ertical lines are connected by a diagonal line a lillle lighter in weight lhan the ontsidelines. Capital M: The saine incline is given to the leftside stroke as in capital A; the two center lines cross each other and forni a triangle inside of Capital P: The lower part of the right side, which runs at an angle of about forty-live degrees, is slightly bent down, and does not connect with the lnain perpendicular stroke. The saine feature is again shown in Terni ol [Intelli 14 years.

capital R. ln capital S the bottom part extendsconsiderahl)Y lo the lell. A light diagonal lille is drawn l'roni lhe extreme points ol` the horizonlal strokes from right lolcl'li,:n1d crosses the curved part ol' lhelclleraliove the center. All the lower-caseletters, excepting a, e, e` g, o` s, and Z, have lnpering ceriphs either on the lel'l or right side slrokes nl' lhe letter, at the holloni or lop. Lower-ease l' has a slightly curved line extending l'roni the top down on the right side ofthe leller, ending with a drop. A short crossslroke near the lop connects saine with the main stroke. In lower-case g the un per hall' is nearly square inside and ont, a short la peri ng sl rohe rest ing on lop; the lower part is formed hy ashortdiagonal stroke from the lower line ol' lhe semi square porlion, thence coulinning in lheforin ol' a coiled line. ending with adrop in the center. ln lowercase t, the short stroke, which extendsdown froni the end oflhc short horizontal line on the right side, nearthe lop, isslighl'ly rounded on the insideatthc hottoni, and ends wil h a drop. The flags of capital letters C E F (.r L T Z, do1lar-1nark, and figures 2 T, and inlcrrogation-point curve slightly to a tapered point inside of saine.

I claim- The design for a font of printing-types, the character of which is a seini-ornaniented condensed type, the corners of some of the letters heilig filled inside, while others are rounded inside or outside, and the sharp or pointed ceriphs, wherever seen, as described and shown in the accompanying illustration.

CHARLES E. H EYER.

Witnesses:

ALsoN E. BARNHART, CULLEN A. RIDER.

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