This entry is for the medium-wide and condensed styles of
Venus, aka Venus-Grotesk. For the
extended styles, see Venus
Extended.
Released by Bauer, 1907–1914. [Reichardt
2011] The original metal family spans 14 styles including
condensed and extended weights (this overview
lacks only the breit dreiviertelfett, a latecomer
added in 1927). Aphrodite-Versalien is a complementary
caps-only style. Some of the styles were also cast by other
foundries, often under different names and sometimes with
modifications or extensions, see e.g. Ideal-Grotesk
(Klinkhardt/Berthold), Akzidenz-Grotesk (Haas),
Titania-Grotesk (Genzsch & Heyse, later named
Monument (Genzsch & Heyse) [1963
letter]).
Digital versions include URW’s (six styles, with authentic
obliques and one condensed weight) and Scangraphic’s (four styles
incl. two extended weights). Linotype’s has two weights plus
slanted and backslanted variations that were created for the use in
cartography, More…
This entry is for the medium-wide and condensed styles of Venus, aka Venus-Grotesk. For the extended styles, see Venus Extended.
Released by Bauer, 1907–1914. [Reichardt 2011] The original metal family spans 14 styles including condensed and extended weights (this overview lacks only the breit dreiviertelfett, a latecomer added in 1927). Aphrodite-Versalien is a complementary caps-only style. Some of the styles were also cast by other foundries, often under different names and sometimes with modifications or extensions, see e.g. Ideal-Grotesk (Klinkhardt/Berthold), Akzidenz-Grotesk (Haas), Titania-Grotesk (Genzsch & Heyse, later named Monument (Genzsch & Heyse) [1963 letter]).
Digital versions include URW’s (six styles, with authentic obliques and one condensed weight) and Scangraphic’s (four styles incl. two extended weights). Linotype’s has two weights plus slanted and backslanted variations that were created for the use in cartography, probably in the phototype era. Accompanied by the seriffed Venus Egyptienne. Font Bureau’s Vonness is loosely based on Venus. See also Production Type’s Mars.