Issued by Stempel in 1924, after they had acquired original 18th century matrices with the W. Drugulin takeover in 1919. Drugulin in turn had acquired them from a French foundry and cast type from it as Französische Gotisch. [Reichardt: Chronik der Schriftgießerei Stempel; Bertheau]

Digitally revived by Delbanco and by Ralph M. Unger (RMU, 2010).