Designed by Erich Mollowitz in two weights and first cast in
1936 — by C.E. Weber as Forelle and by J.D. Trennert as
Rheingold. Kobundo had it as Grace Script,
Funtimod as Eldorado. [Reichardt] Stephenson Blake’s
version was named Mercury. The Brits altered a few
characters that apparently were perceived as too Germanic,
including the stemless ‘d’, and the ‘Z/z’ and ‘7’ with crossbars.
Changes further affected ‘E’, ‘F’ and ‘M’. [Jaspert]
Dieter Steffmann digitized the bolder Forelle
Auszeichnung and published it as a free font (2000). The same
weight is available from Mecanorma (Trip Productions BV, 2004).
Ralph M. Unger More…
Designed by Erich Mollowitz in two weights and first cast in 1936 — by C.E. Weber as Forelle and by J.D. Trennert as Rheingold. Kobundo had it as Grace Script, Funtimod as Eldorado. [Reichardt] Stephenson Blake’s version was named Mercury. The Brits altered a few characters that apparently were perceived as too Germanic, including the stemless ‘d’, and the ‘Z/z’ and ‘7’ with crossbars. Changes further affected ‘E’, ‘F’ and ‘M’. [Jaspert]
Dieter Steffmann digitized the bolder Forelle Auszeichnung and published it as a free font (2000). The same weight is available from Mecanorma (Trip Productions BV, 2004). Ralph M. Unger digitized both weights as Forelle Pro (RMU, 2010; used for the sample). This version has alternate forms for ‘d’ and ‘T’ and provides the original forms as swash alternates.
Jaunty Gent is a loose interpretation by Nick Curtis, based on Rheingold kräftig.
