Typophile

Extended Unbracketed Slab Serif

Eric Hague

I’m trying to remember the name of a typeface I saw not too long ago on the type ID board (I don’t remember anything else about the context except what the face looked like).

Clues:

• It is an unbracketed slab serif of medium weight
• It is quite extended
• The capital K splits like a Helvetica K
• The capital J has a ball terminal
• The capital R’s leg hooks up in the Clarendon fashion

Bonus clue:

• I also saw it recently on one of my grandmother’s circular Springbok puzzles. The puzzle dates back to 1965, so the face is predigital.

Hell(enic) yes! Thanks!

Who needs a visual sample, anyway? Certainly not Jan, our clairvoyant typographique!
;-)

:-)

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