Quentin is shown by Filmotype about 1958
[Filmotype c.1958] but not yet in 1955
[Filmotype 1955]. Shown in an undated
(1970s) catalog alongside Roulette (solid) and
Rajah (outlined and shaded). Copied by VGC as
M-1 [VGC 1969] and by Lettergraphics as
9-1 QU [Lettergraphics 1976]. Mecanorma’s version
was named Gay Nineties (1967, apparently named after
Filmotype’s specimen text). Adopted as Quentin by
Letraset before 1976. Shown in the Solotype catalog (1992) as
Vaudeville. Reproduced in Lettera 2 (5th
edition, 1976) as Roulette umstochen, credited to
Headliners.
Davison Carousel (PLINC, before 1954) is a
precursor or a similar interpretation of the same theme, in a wide
range of styles and with lowercase. The caps of
Carousel F are
virtually identical to Quentin. Both are possibly
based on a 19th-century design, compare the metal typefaces
Vaudeville (Tri-Arts Press, 1966) and
Carrousel (T.J. Lyons) [or is it the other way
around?].
Commercial digital versions by URW and Elsner+Flake. There is
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Quentin is shown by Filmotype about 1958 [Filmotype c.1958] but not yet in 1955 [Filmotype 1955]. Shown in an undated (1970s) catalog alongside Roulette (solid) and Rajah (outlined and shaded). Copied by VGC as M-1 [VGC 1969] and by Lettergraphics as 9-1 QU [Lettergraphics 1976]. Mecanorma’s version was named Gay Nineties (1967, apparently named after Filmotype’s specimen text). Adopted as Quentin by Letraset before 1976. Shown in the Solotype catalog (1992) as Vaudeville. Reproduced in Lettera 2 (5th edition, 1976) as Roulette umstochen, credited to Headliners.
Davison Carousel (PLINC, before 1954) is a precursor or a similar interpretation of the same theme, in a wide range of styles and with lowercase. The caps of Carousel F are virtually identical to Quentin. Both are possibly based on a 19th-century design, compare the metal typefaces Vaudeville (Tri-Arts Press, 1966) and Carrousel (T.J. Lyons) [or is it the other way around?].
Commercial digital versions by URW and Elsner+Flake. There is also SilverDollar (Silver Graphics, 1992–94) and QuentinCaps (Dieter Steffmann, autotraced, 2000). FontMesa’s Saloon Girl appears to be based on a similar source and is available in 6 layerable styles. URW Wood Type is based on the fill.
