“In the nineteen-twenties and early thirties, all forms of
display typography flourished in Europe, and nowhere more than in
Germany and Austria. German poster design set a high creative
standard, stimulating the design of a marvelous group of sinuous
and sparkling display letterforms. Richard Lipton designed
Bremen for Font Bureau after a set of freehand
capitals on a poster designed by lettering artist Ludwig Holwein
[sic] in 1922.” —
Font Bureau, 1992
Other sources claim that Bremen was designed at
Bitstream. [MyFonts] While
Bitstream’s version has two caps-only weights, Font Bureau’s spans
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“In the nineteen-twenties and early thirties, all forms of display typography flourished in Europe, and nowhere more than in Germany and Austria. German poster design set a high creative standard, stimulating the design of a marvelous group of sinuous and sparkling display letterforms. Richard Lipton designed Bremen for Font Bureau after a set of freehand capitals on a poster designed by lettering artist Ludwig Holwein [sic] in 1922.” — Font Bureau, 1992
Other sources claim that Bremen was designed at Bitstream. [MyFonts] While Bitstream’s version has two caps-only weights, Font Bureau’s spans three weights. The latter has been extended with small caps and is now available from Lipton Letter Design.