Typophile - (x) Serif text face and italic w/ swash caps in 1962 USGA book - Devinne, MT Baskerville {Patricia} - Comments

Excellent. I should’ve

Eric Gordon — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:02:51 -0800

Excellent. I should’ve picked up the Baskerville header type—that swashy T should have given it away. (Hits head repeatedly on desk.)

I’d never heard of DeVinne, though. Century wasn’t too far off, apparently:
This revival of the Bruce Foundry’s No. 11 is typical of the nineteenth century types derived from the work of Didot and Bodoni; the face remains popular with lawyers and government printers. In fact, Theodore Low De Vinne opposed this kind of design as hard to print and read; he had Century designed to replace it.
(From the MyFonts description.)

Thanks, Patty!

Well done, Patty.

Stephen Coles — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:44:49 -0800

Well done, Patty.

The header looks like

pattyfab — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:22:51 -0800

The header looks like Baskerville italic (monotype)

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/agfa/baskerville-mt/

I think the text font is DeVinne.

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/bitstream/de-vinne/devinne-text/

I wouldn’t be surprised if

Stephen Coles — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:49:59 -0800

I wouldn’t be surprised if some metal foundry produced a swash version of Century Italic and it’s never been digitized.

I would have to agree with

robbiefa — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:25:58 -0800

I would have to agree with Century, But I’m sure about the top one!

(x) Serif text face and italic w/ swash caps in 1962 USGA book - Devinne, MT Baskerville {Patricia}

Eric Gordon — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:15:19 -0800

From a book published in ’62... I’m pretty sure the body is Century Expanded, but not 100%. I’ve never seen a swash version of Century for the header (“The Start of the USGA”). Is it a different face altogether? Thanks in advance.