: Typeface used by Werner and Schumann (late 19th or early 20th century) In order to date a German game of Go-Bang, the only thing I seem to have is the typeface of the numbers 1, 2, and

@Berryessa866

A digit 1 of that kind was sometimes used with blackletter typefaces to make the digits look more blackletter (normally roman-type digits were used even in blackletter typesetting), here in particular avoiding a “serifed foot”. While this wasn’t very common, there are still numerous typefaces of this kind. At a quick search, I could find the Yonkers and Westminster Gotisch digitalisations by Dieter Steffmann. As there is otherwise little design variation in digits, I don’t think that you have much hope to narrow it down to a specific typeface. Finally, unless I am very much mistaken, this style of 1 already existed before 1879 and thus won’t help you narrow down the age of your game.

As for the superscript letter, I wouldn’t bet on it being the same typeface as your digits. Moreover, my best bet is that it’s an uppercase A from a semi-blackletter typeface, though I cannot exclude an exotic G. I have never seen this particular shape (and I have browsed through a lot of blackletter As looking for inspiration for a modern variant), so this might actually be sufficient for identifying the typeface. Unfortunately, I failed to identify this one.

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