These are series identified only by a number or other code. For the various "Ornamented No. NNNN" series issued by foundries such as Bruce's New York Type Foundry, the Cincinnati Type Foundry, and Laurent & Deberny, see the ' O' section. For catalog face numbers in Nicolette Gray's XIXth Century Ornamented Types and Title Pages , see the ' G' section.
No. 211 (Hamilton) [wood]
(N.B. The icon shown here is not literally Hamilton No. 211, but rather is Tuscan Ombree from 1958.) This is Hamilton's version of what Wells & Webb called Doric Ornamented. Shown in the Hamilton Specimens of Wood Type [17th edition], p. 163, in 8 line and 12 line sizes. See Tuscan Ombree for the main entry on this face, which has European origins dating to at least 1849.
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