Designed by Erich Mollowitz in two weights and first cast in
1936 – by Weber as
Forelle and by Trennert as
Rheingold. Kobundo had it as Grace Script,
Funtimod as Eldorado [Reichardt
2011]. 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’
[JBJ]
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 More…
Designed by Erich Mollowitz in two weights and first cast in 1936 – by Weber as Forelle and by Trennert as Rheingold. Kobundo had it as Grace Script, Funtimod as Eldorado [Reichardt 2011]. 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’ [JBJ]
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 NF is a loose interpretation by Nick Curtis, based on Rheingold kräftig.
