Released by National Type Foundry. [Circuitous Root] Advertised in The Inland Printer of August 1894. [THP] Designed by William F. Capitain. [Reichardt 2011]

Adopted for phototype by VGC, as part of the T.J. Lyons Antique Type Collection, Volume I. [1967 specimen] Also by Photo-Lettering. [PLINC One Liner 1971] Adopted by Mecanorma for dry-transfer lettering [1971 ad], under license from Photo-Lettering. [1975 catalog] Sometimes misspelled in phototype catalogs as Alferata.

There’s a digitization by Dan X. Solo.