Typography Tuesday
Today we present some type specimens from a recent acquisition, Berthold-Schriften No. 399A, published in Stuttgart by the Berthold Type Foundry in the early 1950s. Berthold, founded in Berlin in 1858 by Hermann Berthold as a brass rule manufacture and casting metal type after 1893, was one of the largest and most successful type foundries of the 20th century. Monotype acquired all of Berthold's inventory in 2022. The typefaces shown here are:
Fanfare schmal (condensed), designed by Louis Oppenheim (1879–1936) and released by Berthold in 1927.
Bücher-Grotesk halbfett, among Berthold's Akzidenz-Grotesk family of typefaces, released in 1898, a few years after Berthold began casting metal type.
Vertikal by an unknown designer.
Block Signal, designed by Walter Wege (1894-1972) and released by Berthold in 1932.
Berthold Block, designed by Hermann Hoffmann (1856-1926) and released by Berthold in 1908.
Post-Antiqua, designed by Herbert Post (1903-1978) and cut by Paul Koch the son of Rudolf Koch, cast by Berthold in 1932.
Bergwerks-Zeichen (mining sign), hammer and chisel symbols in various sizes.
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