Of course for the reader the contents of the text can be accessed without knowing any of these details, but there are more layers of information (and beauty) available. The questions is: what characteristics can be expressed with the choice of a particular typeface?
AG57 is a digitization of Lange’s 1957 reworking, by Alexander Roth and Erik Spiekermann, released in a single style by Neue Neue in March 2022.There aren’t only the functional aspects to consider when choosing a typeface: the cultural and formal aspects are also pertinent for the (hopefully erudite and passionate) designer.ĭoes the font originate from the beginning of the previous century? Is it an Italian or an American design? Is it a new edition or a redesign of a classic version? Is the historical context of the font relevant to the meaning of the text? Sometimes it may be just a formal choice: a particular glyph has an interesting, funny or pointy shape and this could help setting the mood of the text. CastleType’s Standard CT and Bryce Wilner’s Standard (2017) are digital interpretations that use the export name. Akzidenz Grotesk Pro (2007) adds Cyrillics (by Vladimir Yefimov, Condensed by Gayaneh Bagdasaryan) and Greek (by Panos Haratzopoulos). Berthold’s digitization was reworked as Akzidenz-Grotesk Next (2006). Linotype’s digital version was renamed to Basic Commercial for trademark reasons. Distributed in the US and UK as Standard and commonly used in the 1950s–60s.ĪG Old Face (1984) is a redrawing made for phototypesetting that returns to the original forms prior to the 1950s homogenization.Ĭopied by Scangraphic as Ad Grotesk and by Bitstream as Gothic 725. Lange regarded Royal-Groteskas the key source and credited it to Ferdinand Theinhardt, but that is refuted, see Eckehart Schumacher-Gebler’s article in Schriftgestalten (2008), Indra Kupferschmid’s blog post, and, most detailed, Dan Reynolds’s article and lecture (2019). Many loosely related styles from various sources were incorporated into the family, see also Akzidenz-Grotesk Condensed. Try a search!įirst issued by Berthold in 1898 as Accidenz-Grotesk. These are the most common typefaces in the database, but there are many more.
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