Typophile

american gothic or british grotesque or …?

Charles Mazé

Hi everyone !

I’ve found this grotesque in a dutch book from 1939

Some letters have specific details : G, R, g, a
It’s a sans serif font with contrasted letters : p, n, q, u, a (but not lower case r)
Also, the egg shape of letter O, C, o, e, and the squarish part of letters j, t, a, f
It seems that the only letter that has a terminal going back inside the shape is the capital J

a gothic from an american foundry or a british one ?

any ideas ?
cheers !
H

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