Walter Alte is a faithful interpretation of three
alphabets (not typefaces) used by Walter Käch in his lessons. Two
of them were shown in
Schriften / Lettering / Écritures (1949) and are
identified by the sample words
Rauchwaren and Röntgen Therapie. The
third one was found in Die Normalgrotesk (Blockschrift)
Methodischer Aufbau des Alphabets unter der Berücksichtigung der
Gesetzmässigkeit der römischen Kapitalschrift (1962).
In 2013, Fabian Harb of Dinamo as well as Leonardo Azzolini and
Simon Mager at Omnigroup “had separately been studying and
digitizing individual Käch characters for their own projects. Dan
Solbach then used an early version of Fabian’s Walter Alte
Rauchwaren as the custom typeface for
Kunsthalle Zürich’s 2015 redesign, while at the same time,
Omnigroup used their digitization for the identity of Museum Brot und Kunst in
Ulm, Germany.” In 2016, More…
Walter Alte is a faithful interpretation of three alphabets (not typefaces) used by Walter Käch in his lessons. Two of them were shown in Schriften / Lettering / Écritures (1949) and are identified by the sample words Rauchwaren and Röntgen Therapie. The third one was found in Die Normalgrotesk (Blockschrift) Methodischer Aufbau des Alphabets unter der Berücksichtigung der Gesetzmässigkeit der römischen Kapitalschrift (1962).
In 2013, Fabian Harb of Dinamo as well as Leonardo Azzolini and Simon Mager at Omnigroup “had separately been studying and digitizing individual Käch characters for their own projects. Dan Solbach then used an early version of Fabian’s Walter Alte Rauchwaren as the custom typeface for Kunsthalle Zürich’s 2015 redesign, while at the same time, Omnigroup used their digitization for the identity of Museum Brot und Kunst in Ulm, Germany.” In 2016, they joined forces. Azzolini continued work on Walter Alte, while Mager developed Walter Neue, “an extension, update, and digitally-minded interpretation.” [Dinamo]
Both series were made available from Dinamo for early access in July 2022. Walter Alte comes in 3 styles; Rauchwaren, Normalgrotesk (shown), and Roentgentherapie.
