"Lining Gothic No. 544" found in the AMERICAN SPECIMEN BOOK OF TYPE STYLES from 1912

Posted by afonseca1974 in

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3 Aug 2008 — 9:49am

I'm looking for more info about "Lining Gothic No. 544" that I found in the
"AMERICAN SPECIMEN BOOK OF TYPE STYLES- Complete Catalogue of Printing Machinery and Printing Supplies", 1912 from American Type Founders Company.

Infos like:
-Who draw it?
-Is any digitalisation known?

I also would like to know if some one here can provide a good digitalization of those pages.

Thanks in advance
António Fonseca

jshen
3 Aug 2008 — 10:13am

Lining Gothic No. 544 already appears in the 1906 catalog, so I went back to the first collective specimen book of ATF (1895). It looks like it is a slight reworking of Lining Gothic No. 44 in that book, which means the font was around before ATF was formed in 1892. You'd have to look at individual specimen books from the foundries that formed ATF to go back further in the history of this typeface, but I doubt you would find who drew it. Most of those early gothics are anonymous. I can scan the specimen page for you if you like.
Juliet

Stephen Coles
3 Aug 2008 — 11:28am

Hi Juliet! I'd love to see a scan. Then maybe I can help António find a digital option.

afonseca1974
3 Aug 2008 — 12:20pm

Hi Juliet!
Thanks for that info. It would be great to have a digitalisation (the best possible).
By the way: if I decided to do a digitalisation of this type, can I do it? I mean in terms of copyright?

Thanks
António

afonseca1974
3 Aug 2008 — 3:07pm

Perhaps paul d hunt may have something to say...
I found a post where he placed an image about the "Lining Gothic 545"...
Here did I found that?
Paul?:-)

António

jshen
3 Aug 2008 — 4:16pm

Here's a scan of Lining Gothic 544. I have a higher-res backup in case you want it later.