“Bulletin Script was a style offered by several
American wood type manufacturers in the late 19th Century. […] The
style known as Bulletin Script No. 2 varies from the
more commonly seen Bulletin [see Smoke] in that its bottom strokes have a
concave swash to them rather than rounded bulbous bottom terminals.
[…] Original wood type styles that share the features of HWT
Bulletin Script Two include:
• Heber-Wells Bulletin Condensed (No. 5167)
• Morgan and Wilcox Bulletin Script No. 2 (No. 3184)
• Hamilton 117
• Wm. H. Page & Co No. 111” [P22]
American Wood Type Co. had it as No. 2084. Page’s No. 112 is the
same design with little spurs on the baseline.
Shown on p.16 of the Morgan Press Wood catalog (c. 1964) as W-101 [Peculiar
Manicule].
Lettergraphics had a phototype adaptation named
Bazaar [Lettergraphics 1968–1975], which was shown
already in a 1966 ad. Copied by Castcraft as Skat
[Castcraft 1978].
Photo-Lettering had an interpretation of Page’s No. 112 as
Baghdad Spurs [More…
“Bulletin Script was a style offered by several American wood type manufacturers in the late 19th Century. […] The style known as Bulletin Script No. 2 varies from the more commonly seen Bulletin [see Smoke] in that its bottom strokes have a concave swash to them rather than rounded bulbous bottom terminals. […] Original wood type styles that share the features of HWT Bulletin Script Two include:
• Heber-Wells Bulletin Condensed (No. 5167)
• Morgan and Wilcox Bulletin Script No. 2 (No. 3184)
• Hamilton 117
• Wm. H. Page & Co No. 111” [P22]
American Wood Type Co. had it as No. 2084. Page’s No. 112 is the same design with little spurs on the baseline.
Shown on p.16 of the Morgan Press Wood catalog (c. 1964) as W-101 [Peculiar Manicule].
Lettergraphics had a phototype adaptation named Bazaar [Lettergraphics 1968–1975], which was shown already in a 1966 ad. Copied by Castcraft as Skat [Castcraft 1978].
Photo-Lettering had an interpretation of Page’s No. 112 as Baghdad Spurs [PLINC One Liner 1971]. Another phototype adaptation of this variant is shown by Solo as Tandem [Solo 1992].
HWT Bulletin Script Two (Hamilton Wood Type Foundry, 2014, used for sample) is a digital interpretation by Paul Hunt.