Collective entry for a backslanted and slightly bottom-heavy
design distinguished by flat or seriffed bottom terminals in most
capitals, tailed terminals in ‘adhilmnt’ etc., and typically no
curved top terminals in ‘bdhlt’ etc. Origin uncertain. Made both in
wood and metal, by various manufacturers in different variants,
under various names including Bulletin, Bulletin
Script, and Paint-brush. The sample is derived
from a showing in
MS&J’s 1878 catalog.
One variant with narrow proportions and left-pointing terminals
on ascenders is shown in metal in a 60pt size in
Phillips’ Old Fashioned Type Book (1945) as
Backhand, and again by Tri-Arts Press as No.
205, Backhand. [1966
catalog] Also included in a Morgan Press catalog of wood type
as W-372. [c.1964
catalog]
A phototype adaptation is shown by Photo-Lettering as Xenotype 3983
[PLINC More…
Collective entry for a backslanted and slightly bottom-heavy design distinguished by flat or seriffed bottom terminals in most capitals, tailed terminals in ‘adhilmnt’ etc., and typically no curved top terminals in ‘bdhlt’ etc. Origin uncertain. Made both in wood and metal, by various manufacturers in different variants, under various names including Bulletin, Bulletin Script, and Paint-brush. The sample is derived from a showing in MS&J’s 1878 catalog.
One variant with narrow proportions and left-pointing terminals on ascenders is shown in metal in a 60pt size in Phillips’ Old Fashioned Type Book (1945) as Backhand, and again by Tri-Arts Press as No. 205, Backhand. [1966 catalog] Also included in a Morgan Press catalog of wood type as W-372. [c.1964 catalog]
A phototype adaptation is shown by Photo-Lettering as Xenotype 3983 [PLINC 1965] and later as Backhand Xenotype [PLINC One Liner 1971].
