Doric Shade

• This type measures 7 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block does not have a manufacturer’s stamp.
• This face was first shown as wood type by Darius Wells and E.R. Webb in their 1854 Specimens of Wood Type.
• This cut of Doric Shade was shown in American Wood Type on page 334 and in the folio on page 78.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Knox Doric Shade
Wells Doric Shade No 1

This cut has not yet been matched to a manufacturer.

In American Wood Type Kelly labeled this type Doric Chromatic and stated that this design was “[f]irst shown in the 1850’s as wood type. Design was imported from Europe, likely France, during the 1840’s.”

Cooley, Hamilton and Page all showed a range of ornamented Doric shaded faces, though neither Cooley nor Hamilton ever listed or showed plain or non-ornamented shaded faces.