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DESIGN.

No. 30,295. Patented Feb. 28, was. .1. w. PHINNEY.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH W. PHINNEY, OF MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

DESIGN FOR A FONT OF TYPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Design No. 30,295, dated February 28, 1899.

Application filed August 22, 1898. Serial No. 689,253. Teriii of patent 7 years.

' To all whom it ma concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH W. PHINNEY, of Medford, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have inventedand produced a new and originalDesign for a Font of Type, of which the following is a specification.

This design comprises capital letters and the diphthongs 2E and (E, lower-case letters with the same diphthon gs, Arabic figures, the character &, the dollar-mark and poundssterling mark, punctuation-points, the capital C with a cedilla, and the capital E with circumflex, grave, and acute accents, and also vowels of the lower-case accented, and with diereses and c with a cedilla.

The capital letters are Italic o'r slanting in form and are quite broad in proportion to their height, though not as broad as their height. The characteristic cross-stroke of the capital A is considerably below the middle of the letter. The lower terminal of the capital (3 is spear-shaped, one side of the spear-head being formed by a continuation of the curved line of the letter. The lower terminal of the capital G is quite full, and in addition to its characteristic cross-stroke has at its base a slight line projecting outward at an acute an gle thereto. The capital J projects below the line, terminating in a dot connected to the stem by a line connection which broadens into the stem, the letter also having a broad coarse mark just above its middle, its top crossstroke being scroll-shaped and terminating on its left side in a dot.

The characteristic of the letter Q starts from the exterior of the line forming the body of the letter of a width equal to the widest portion of the letter and curved downward toward the right to a point.

The dotted scroll-like characteristic of the letter J is also used in capitals A, B, D, M, N, P, R, T, and U, the lower right-hand terminal of N and R resembling also the characteristic above described of the letter Q.

The lower-case letters are characterized by a heavy stem andin the case of the round letters by the fact that the lower left-hand and upper right-hand portions of the curve are shaded, the effect being much as if the letters had been made by a very coarse pen.

The upper portion of the stem of the letters b, d, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, p, r, and n has a light line to the left of its top. The upper part or hem of the letter f is considerablynarrow, so

as to give the effect of a dotted kern. The letter 11 is somewhat wider at the top of its broad portion than at the bottom and extends below the line. The loop portion of the let ter p overlaps the stem. The two lines forming the letter r are both curved, the bottom of the left-hand or broad portion of the letter entering the narrow portion above its base, and the letter w being formed of two vs, over= lapping each other. The left-hand fork of the letter y is broad and has a slight line projecting downward from its upper end. The right-hand fork begins in an elongated dot and continues downward in a scroll-like manner, with a fine line shaded as it curves up below the line. The letter 2 has an inverted c at its bottom, extending below the line and terminating in a dot.

The numerals 1, 2, 7, and 0 are short, the other numerals extending above their upper line, the curved characteristic of the numerals 7 and 9 extending below the line and the stem of the numeral 4 extending below the line, its cross part being upon the line.

What I claim as my invention is- The design for a font of type herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name this 10th day of August, 1898.

JOSEPH w. PHINNEY.

Witnesses:

BENJAMIN KIMBALL, BESSIE W. OHIPMAN.

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