Tuscan X Condensed (whose actual name is Gothic Concave Tuscan Extra Condensed) was first produced in wood type by William H. Page & Company around 1872. The design is derived from a Gothic Condensed typeface, but with vertical stokes bowing inwards at the center.
We modified the weight of the uppercase characters (since the original wood type has a lowercase much thinner than the caps) to harmonize with the lowercase when used digitally.
Another variation of the many Clarendons created in the 19th century
and there are probably more out there.
Like the original Verb™ family, Verb Extra Condensed is confident, friendly and energetic, but has been carefully re-drawn with space saving proportions. At text sizes it’s legible and economic, while at larger sizes it reveals lively shapes and personality.
It includes over 800 glyphs and a full compliment of professional typographic features including true italics, small caps, ligatures, oldstyle and tabular numerals, extensive language support, and more.
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