Originally released with Font Bureau in 1995 as FB
Hermes. Moved to the designer’s own label MB Type in 2018,
and renamed to Hermes Maia. Comes in 6 weights, in roman and italic, with small caps
for all styles.
“Schriftguss and Woellmer called it Hermes;
Berthold called it Block.* Heinz Hoffmann’s 1908
design inspired FB Hermes, which evokes the German
grotesks that were workhorses of factory printing 100 years ago.
Blunt corners suggest the wear and tear of rough presswork. Matthew
Butterick created the original styles in 1995. In 2010, he added
more weights, italics, and alternate glyphs to expand the family’s
versatility.” — Font Bureau, 1995,
2010.
*) Note that Berthold
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Originally released with Font Bureau in 1995 as FB Hermes. Moved to the designer’s own label MB Type in 2018, and renamed to Hermes Maia. Comes in 6 weights, in roman and italic, with small caps for all styles.
“Schriftguss and Woellmer called it Hermes; Berthold called it Block.* Heinz Hoffmann’s 1908 design inspired FB Hermes, which evokes the German grotesks that were workhorses of factory printing 100 years ago. Blunt corners suggest the wear and tear of rough presswork. Matthew Butterick created the original styles in 1995. In 2010, he added more weights, italics, and alternate glyphs to expand the family’s versatility.” — Font Bureau, 1995, 2010.
*) Note that Berthold Block and Hermes-Grotesk are distinct (albeit stylistically related) designs.
