Collective entry for a backslanted bottom-heavy design
distinguished by round bottom terminals. Originally made in wood by
William H. Page in c. 1856 [Lettera 3] and revived by
Tubbs & Co. in 1876. [VGC]
Adopted for phototype by VGC, as part of the T.J. Lyons Antique
Type Collection, Volume I [1967
specimen]. A “redesigned and completed” version by Armin Haab
and Walter Haettenschweiler is shown in Lettera 3
(Jan. 1968). It appears to be identical with VGC’s version. So is
the version
reproduced in Phil’s Photo catalog (alongside an outlined and
shaded version), as well as Photoscript’s Smoke (1968,
used for sample) and Lettergraphics’ Eros. Hollenstein
had Smoke with ombré (shaded) and éclairé (open)
styles [1973
showing]. More…
Collective entry for a backslanted bottom-heavy design distinguished by round bottom terminals. Originally made in wood by William H. Page in c. 1856 [Lettera 3] and revived by Tubbs & Co. in 1876. [VGC]
Adopted for phototype by VGC, as part of the T.J. Lyons Antique Type Collection, Volume I [1967 specimen]. A “redesigned and completed” version by Armin Haab and Walter Haettenschweiler is shown in Lettera 3 (Jan. 1968). It appears to be identical with VGC’s version. So is the version reproduced in Phil’s Photo catalog (alongside an outlined and shaded version), as well as Photoscript’s Smoke (1968, used for sample) and Lettergraphics’ Eros. Hollenstein had Smoke with ombré (shaded) and éclairé (open) styles [1973 showing]. Castcraft had a version as Watusi [1981 addendum].
PLINC’s version is different in some details. It first appears in Psychedelitypes (1968) as Psychedelitype 4518. Shown in the One Line catalog as Smoke, alongside an all-caps version with a slightly different angle named Baghdad Backslant. Latter is also included in Alphabet Thesaurus, Vol. 3.
Digitizations include OPTI Smoke (Castcraft, 1990–91) and the amateur freebie Psychedelic Smoke (Walter Kafton-Minkel, 1990–91). There is also an uncredited digitization of the shaded version (1994).
