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  "id": "rtd-t-000141",
  "slug": "hammer-unziale",
  "name": {
    "preferred": "Hammer Unziale",
    "alternates": [
      "Neue Hammer Unziale",
      "American Uncial"
    ]
  },
  "designers": [
    {
      "id": "rtd-p-000118",
      "role": "type designer"
    }
  ],
  "foundry": [
    {
      "name": "Klingspor",
      "url": "https://www.typeoff.de/2021/04/victor-hammer-and-gebr-klingspor/"
    }
  ],
  "release_year": "1953",
  "classification": "Uncial",
  "scripts": [
    "Latin"
  ],
  "era": "metal",
  "description": "A hand-cut uncial typeface descended from Victor Hammer's American Uncial (Wells College, 1943), later expanded and released by Klingspor.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.typeoff.de/2021/04/victor-hammer-and-gebr-klingspor/",
      "title": "Victor Hammer and Gebr. Klingspor - TypeOff."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/890/american-uncial",
      "title": "American Uncial in use - Fonts In Use"
    }
  ],
  "record_status": "active",
  "superseded_by": null,
  "created_at": "2026-08-10",
  "updated_at": "2026-08-10",
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}