Designed by Willard T. Sniffin for ATF around 1928. There’s an alternate ‘S’.

Digital versions as OPTI Nubian Foundry (Castcraft, 1990–1991), Noble (FontBank, 1992), Nubian (Dieter Steffmann, 1999, with added Shadow style), and WF Fansler (Walden Font Co., 2013).