Designed by Johann Schweitzer and issued by Ludwig & Mayer in
1959, in regular, kursiv, halbfett, and fett (1962) styles.
Produced as line casting matrices by Simoncini. [Reichardt
2011] First shown under the working title Matura
in 1958. After a complaint by Hermann Zapf who found the design to
be too similar to his Melior,
20 glyphs were altered. [Weichselbaumer]
Various phototype versions; incl. by PLINC [One
Line, 1971] and Facsimile Fonts [Berthold E1,
1974]. Lettergraphics had two slightly different series named
Dominant and Dominante. Their 1976
catalog additionally lists Dominance Diffident
(outlined) and Dominance Overbearing (outlined & NW
shaded). These variants originated at Phil Martin’s Alphabet
Innovations in 1971. [Typographica, More…
Designed by Johann Schweitzer and issued by Ludwig & Mayer in 1959, in regular, kursiv, halbfett, and fett (1962) styles. Produced as line casting matrices by Simoncini. [Reichardt 2011] First shown under the working title Matura in 1958. After a complaint by Hermann Zapf who found the design to be too similar to his Melior, 20 glyphs were altered. [Weichselbaumer]
Various phototype versions; incl. by PLINC [One Line, 1971] and Facsimile Fonts [Berthold E1, 1974]. Lettergraphics had two slightly different series named Dominant and Dominante. Their 1976 catalog additionally lists Dominance Diffident (outlined) and Dominance Overbearing (outlined & NW shaded). These variants originated at Phil Martin’s Alphabet Innovations in 1971. [Typographica, Phil’s Fonts] Dominant was also adopted by Mecanorma for dry transfer lettering.
Digitized in 3 styles (2 roman weights and 1 italic, plus faux small caps) by Ralph M. Unger (profonts, 2005). SoftMaker has it as D790 Roman. There is also a digital version by Varityper in two weights plus italics, but it seems to be no longer available.
