Cut in-house at
Stempel
in 1901–1903 and
issued as
Künstler-Schreibschrift
(“artist’s script”)
in three styles: mager, a slightly bolder halbfett, and schmal
(condensed). Comes with several ligatures, fitted pairs, Roman
numerals, and alternates for ‘erstzIMT’ [
Schriftenkartei 1958–1971
] [
Wetzig 1926–40
] and ‘k’ [
glyph
set
]. The two weights of regular width were also available with
Cyrillics. [
Wetzig 1926–40
]
The mager is based on a design from
Deberny
& Cie
[
Wetzig 1926–40
], see
Écritures calligraphiques
. Differences are
size-specific, but Stempel’s version is distinguished by
ligning-numerals and a larger bowl in ‘R’.
Also carried by
Scholz
,
Klingspor
(as
Cabinett
, sold abroad as
Cabinet
, two
weights),
Simmelkiær
(as
Selandia
Skriveskrift
, 3
styles).
[
Reichardt 2011
]
In 1958, Stempel added a fett weight designed by
Hans
Bohn
, see
Künstler-Schreibschrift (Bohn)
[
Reichardt 2011
], which was later extended
into a lighter weight. The old styles exhibit several design
differences in comparison to Bohn’s version: smaller x-height,
smooth joins, diamond-shaped dots, ascending ‘p’, pointed ‘A’,
descending ‘G’, ‘Q’ tail above the baseline, ‘X’ with loops and no
crossbar.
Mecanorma
’s
More…
Cut in-house at
Stempel
in 1901–1903 and issued as
Künstler-Schreibschrift
(“artist’s script”) in three styles: mager, a slightly bolder halbfett, and schmal (condensed). Comes with several ligatures, fitted pairs, Roman numerals, and alternates for ‘erstzIMT’ [
Schriftenkartei 1958–1971
] [
Wetzig 1926–40
] and ‘k’ [
glyph set
]. The two weights of regular width were also available with Cyrillics. [
Wetzig 1926–40
]
The mager is based on a design from
Deberny & Cie
[
Wetzig 1926–40
], see
Écritures calligraphiques
. Differences are size-specific, but Stempel’s version is distinguished by ligning-numerals and a larger bowl in ‘R’.
Also carried by
Scholz
,
Klingspor
(as
Cabinett
, sold abroad as
Cabinet
, two
weights),
Simmelkiær
(as
Selandia Skriveskrift
, 3
styles). [
Reichardt 2011
]
In 1958, Stempel added a fett weight designed by
Hans Bohn
, see
Künstler-Schreibschrift (Bohn)
[
Reichardt 2011
], which was later extended into a lighter weight. The old styles exhibit several design differences in comparison to Bohn’s version: smaller x-height, smooth joins, diamond-shaped dots, ascending ‘p’, pointed ‘A’, descending ‘G’, ‘Q’ tail above the baseline, ‘X’ with loops and no crossbar.
Mecanorma
’s dry-transfer version was named
Art script
(licensed from
Linotype
). It was digitized as
Classic Script
.
OPTI Excelsior Script
(
Chicago/Neon/Castcraft
) covers both weights. More digitizations of the halbfett include
Kuenstler Script No.2 Bold
(Adobe) a.k.a.
Kuenstler Script #2 Bold
(Linotype), both with diamond-shaped dots like in the metal original, and
Kunstlerschreibschrift D Medium
(URW) with round dots.
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