A fraktur designed at Breitkopf in 1798 and, like
Unger-Fraktur,
associated with German Romanticism. [Kapr
1993]
Revived by Schriftguss in 1923, with ornamented initials in two
sizes (48pt, 82pt) [Wetzig
1926] and alternates for ‘ACEG’. [VdS] Also sold
by Trennert and Weber. Adopted for Monotype (series 423, 1936/37),
Linotype (no. 8358, 1938/39), and Typograph (in or
before 1936/37) machines. [Wetzig
1926]
Used in 1924 for a Jean Paul edition edited by Richard Benz,
printed by Jakob Hegner and published by R. Piper, Munich;
[Archiv]
and for the Schriften zur Lebensweisheit series
printed by Breitkopf & Härtel and publsihed by R. Weißbach.
[Archiv]
Digitizations by Gerhard Helzel (2002) and Ralph More…
A fraktur designed at Breitkopf in 1798 and, like Unger-Fraktur, associated with German Romanticism. [Kapr 1993]
Revived by Schriftguss in 1923, with ornamented initials in two sizes (48pt, 82pt) [Wetzig 1926] and alternates for ‘ACEG’. [VdS] Also sold by Trennert and Weber. Adopted for Monotype (series 423, 1936/37), Linotype (no. 8358, 1938/39), and Typograph (in or before 1936/37) machines. [Wetzig 1926]
Used in 1924 for a Jean Paul edition edited by Richard Benz, printed by Jakob Hegner and published by R. Piper, Munich; [Archiv] and for the Schriften zur Lebensweisheit series printed by Breitkopf & Härtel and publsihed by R. Weißbach. [Archiv]
Digitizations by Gerhard Helzel (2002) and Ralph Unger (RMU, 2021, used for sample). Some sources co-credit the latter to Hans Möhring, but that appears to be a mistake.
