Category: Press and typeface identification
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another typeface ID

  • jdh
  • on 8 Sep 16 (11:30)

Could someone help ID this face? I’ve looked backwards and forwards through McGrew but cannot find that “H”!

Jason

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Cheltenham Bold Outline. The “H” pictured is an alternate character.

Michael

This is Baltimore Type & Composition Corp’s casting of Cheltenham Bold Open, No. 12. Any foundry castings of Cheltenham Bold Outline never had an alternate H. It is possible that the slanted H was the only one in Baltimore’s fonts.

Dave Greer

Dave,

Thanks for the correction regarding the “alternate” H.

Monotype #12 Cheltenham Bold Outline has the slant H, and there are a few other differences from the foundry version.

Baltimore Type & Composition #12 does not include lower case and it is called “Open”.

Michael Vickey

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  • jdh
  • on 11 Sep 16 (08:48)

And now I see that the Monotype alternates actually are shown in McGrew—I just didn’t look carefully enough!

Thanks for your help.