Designed by Heinz Keune and issued in 1900 by Schelter &
Giesecke. The open display face includes capital letters (A–Z plus
alternates at least for ‘AET’), numerals, and some punctuation.
[Petzendorfer, Klingspor-Museum]
Edda is shown in open and solid styles in
Lettergraphics’ Letterfan (1968, as Edd
Caps, alts for ‘E’), in Berthold’s E1 (1974,
with Facetype credits and alts for ‘AET’), and in Dan X. Solo’s
Art Nouveau Display Alphabets (1976). Ronné Bonder had
a phototype version as RB-St. Denis in solid and
Outline styles, with alternates for ‘AE’. [1985 Stulle specimen]
The Solotype catalog (1992) shows the face as Calcutta
(4 variants; Regular, Solid, Bold,
Rimmed), next to an Edda More…
Designed by Heinz Keune and issued in 1900 by Schelter & Giesecke. The open display face includes capital letters (A–Z plus alternates at least for ‘AET’), numerals, and some punctuation. [Petzendorfer, Klingspor-Museum]
Edda is shown in open and solid styles in Lettergraphics’ Letterfan (1968, as Edd Caps, alts for ‘E’), in Berthold’s E1 (1974, with Facetype credits and alts for ‘AET’), and in Dan X. Solo’s Art Nouveau Display Alphabets (1976). Ronné Bonder had a phototype version as RB-St. Denis in solid and Outline styles, with alternates for ‘AE’. [1985 Stulle specimen] The Solotype catalog (1992) shows the face as Calcutta (4 variants; Regular, Solid, Bold, Rimmed), next to an Edda Stencil.
David Berlow’s digital revival (Font Bureau, 1992) is bundled with several Microsoft products and has alternates for all caps. It comes in two styles, Edda Text Hollow (open) and Black (solid). Rick W. Mueller’s Edda MF (1993) is solid with faux small caps. George Williams’s Edda (1998) spans 3 styles (Solid, Outline, Narrow) and adds a lowercase, but is poorly drawn. Dan X. Solo’s Edda Black (Solotype, 1998) is solid with alternates for ‘AEHMNT’. Ralph M. Unger’s Edda Pro (profonts, 2008, used for sample) has a wider language support and alternates for ‘AEFGHNY’.
