USD17665S - Design for a font of printing-type - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

VARREN BARNHART, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO ARTHUR M. AND ALSON E. BARNHART, OF SAME PLACE.

DESIGN FOR A FONT OF PRINTING-TYPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Design No. 17,665, dated August 30, 1887.

Application filed February 1, 1887. Serial. No. 226,194. Term of patent 7 years.

To all whom, it may concern.: Fourth. The use of a peculiar terminal re- Be it known that I, WARREN BARNHART, a sembling a ceriph at the lower end, several citizen of the United States, residing in the vertical and oblique strokes producedbyswellcity of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of ing the line to a slight spur on one side and 5 Illinois, have invented and produced a new cutting it away below the spur in a long 35 and original Design for a Font of Printingsweeping concave curve, making the element Typcs, of which thei'ollowingis aspeciiication, end in a fine point in the line of the side opreferencebeinghad to theaccompanying typoposite that from which the spur projects. graphical illustration, forming a part hereof. This is seen in lowercase f, q, and y and in ro The general character of the design is grocapitals A, B, F, H, K, M, N, P, R, T, V, W, '4o

tesque,somewhatcondensed,ofmedium weight; and X. and it consists of capitals, lower-case, gures, I claimpoints, character Sa one logotype, and The design for a font of type herein shown The distinguishing features of the design and described, which is a medium weight, 15 are v slightly grotesque, marked by the sickle- 45 First. A sickle-shaped stroke for such curves shaped curve for the final stroke of someloweras the right-hand element of h. This is seen caseletters,as h,rn,n, the separation of straight in lower-case h, k, m,n. The frequency of from curved strokes in lower-case letters, as these letters in ordinary composition makes a,b,d,g,h,m,n,p,q,u,y, the oblique ceriph in 2o this feature much more noticeable in a page proximity to a horizontal ceriph at the top of 5o of matter composed of this font than in the some capitals,H, U, V, W, X, and the iine taniere alphabet. pering terminal merging in a lateral spur at Second. The separation of curved from the lower end of some stems, as capitals B, F, straight strokes in lower-case letters having H,K,M,N,P,R,T,V,W, andX and lower-case 25 both curved and straight elements. This is f,q,y,substantiallyasiilustratedanddescribed. 55

seen in a, b, d, g, h, m n, p, q r, u, y. T

Third. The use of o7ne obliue and one hori- WARREN BARBHART' zontal ceriph at the top of capitals which have Witnesses: more than one line terminating at the top. ALsoN E. BAENHAET, 3o This is seen in capitals H, U, V, XV, and X. CULLEN A. RIDER.