An all-caps design with horizontally hatched Egyptian top and
decorated Tuscan bottom halves, probably of French origin. Shown by
Renault et Robci as N. 227 [c.1870s
specimen]. Attributed by Gray to “Figgins, c.1870. French much
earlier.” [Gray 1976] Revived by Fonderie
Typographique Française (FTF) as Romantiques No. 5
[Reichardt 2011]. Cast by Los Angeles Type
Founders as Tuscan Ornate, “also known as
Romantiques No. 5, Ornate No. 5, or
Bracelet. It was originally an English design of about
1850.” [McGrew 1993]
Shown as Bracelet by PLINC [PLINC One Liner 1971] and Solotype
[Solo 1992]. Adopted as Romantiques
No. 5 by Letraset (with FTF credits) [1971 catalog] and, as
Romantique No. 5 (Bracelet), by VGC [VGC 1972]. Adopted by Mecanorma as
Tuscan Ornate. [1971
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Digital interpretations include Bracelet
Victorian (Douglas Day, 2001. “Scanned from Tschichold’s
Treasury of Alphabets and Lettering (Norton)”),
JFRingmaster (Jessica Slater, 2001, clean and regularized),
Romantiques More…
An all-caps design with horizontally hatched Egyptian top and decorated Tuscan bottom halves, probably of French origin. Shown by Renault et Robci as N. 227 [c.1870s specimen]. Attributed by Gray to “Figgins, c.1870. French much earlier.” [Gray 1976] Revived by Fonderie Typographique Française (FTF) as Romantiques No. 5 [Reichardt 2011]. Cast by Los Angeles Type Founders as Tuscan Ornate, “also known as Romantiques No. 5, Ornate No. 5, or Bracelet. It was originally an English design of about 1850.” [McGrew 1993]
Shown as Bracelet by PLINC [PLINC One Liner 1971] and Solotype [Solo 1992]. Adopted as Romantiques No. 5 by Letraset (with FTF credits) [1971 catalog] and, as Romantique No. 5 (Bracelet), by VGC [VGC 1972]. Adopted by Mecanorma as Tuscan Ornate. [1971 ad]
Digital interpretations include Bracelet Victorian (Douglas Day, 2001. “Scanned from Tschichold’s Treasury of Alphabets and Lettering (Norton)”), JFRingmaster (Jessica Slater, 2001, clean and regularized), Romantiques (Dieter Steffmann, 2002, rough; used for sample), and Egyptienne Zierinitialen (Dieter Steffmann, 2002, different and w/o numerals). Main Strike (FontMesa, 2003) adds a lowercase. Dusty Circus (Baseline Fonts, 2011) is a layered interpretation.
