USD12804S - Design for a font of printing-type - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHARLES E. HEYER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO ARTHUR M. BARNHART, ALSON E. BARNHART, AND CHARLES E. SPINDLER, ALL

OF SAME PLACE.

DESIGN FOR A FONT OF PRINTING-TYPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Design No. 12,804, dated March 14, 188?. Application filed January 27, 1882. Term of patent 14 years.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES E. HEYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chi cage, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented and produced a new and original Design fora Font of Printing-Types, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the accompanying typographical illustration, forming a part hereof.

Thedesign isan extended heavy-face,shaded, andofaso-calledTitlecharactcr. Itconsists of capitals, points, and figures, and one catchword. The letter hasabroad appearance, supporting the main strokes as well as the hair lines by a straightdiagon'al block like filling up in the corners of the letters, on top and bottom, terminating with a straight hair-line or ceripb. The letters generally are shaded with a hair-line on the right side and bottom. The flags of the letters C, E, F, G, J, L, T, and Z have an inclined position, and the flags of letter Shave an outward-inclined position. The letters A and H have a wedge-shaped cross line, bent in, which extends through either right side of the top,

side of the letter. The diagonal main strokes of letters K, M, N, and R run to a point and through the other part (hair-line) of the letter. The bottom hair-line of letter C curves swelling toward the inside of the letter. The rounded bottom part of letter U points out on either side, and the rounded bottom part ofletter J points out on the right side. The figures 1 and 4 have a pointing out on the and figure 7 has the same feature on the bottom. The catch-word AND is on a diagonal position, with theletter N having two straight short lines along the word, the line on the top running toward the left, and the line on the bottom running toward the right.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The design for a font of printing-types, as shown and described.

CHAS. E. HEYER. Witnesses:

HENRY MoLIs, Jr., Unas. P. SoULE.

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