Ludlow accents

James Puckett

Did accented versions of letters exist on the Ludlow type caster platform? Or was Ludlow strictly an English language operation? I’m starting on a revival and wondering if I can track down a catalog showing diacritical marks.

Florian Hardwig

Ludlow was common in Europe, too, certainly in Germany. Their specimens seem to be very much English-centric, though. While some include characters like æœøߣ and even the Danish ⅍, I have yet to find one that shows diacritics. This specimen for Record Gothic has a lone ‘ü’ in the 3rd line of the German-language in-use example. More evidence for Ludlow umlauts.
Good luck!

George Thomas

In the specimen book I have, no accents are shown in the font showings. Accented characters could be ordered by number according to a chart in the back of the book. The chart shows them in Cheltenham.

Jackson Showalter-Cavanaugh

Two pages from the 1936 catalog. 

Jackson Showalter-Cavanaugh

And from 1958. 



Not aware of any other showings of accents. If I find time I'll dig through some of my weirder Ludlow stuff. 

James Puckett

Thanks, Jackson.