“Originally a Wagner & Schmidt type first cast around 1905, and
formerly known as Stanley.” [JBJ]
Cast by typefoundry Ludwig Wagner as Titanic (1920)
[Reichardt
2011] and Titan (1927) [JBJ],
and by Norddeutsche
as Titanic [1929
specimen]. Later known as Titantypo
(Johannes Wagner, 1966). Karl Brendler in Vienna and the Amsterdam
Type Foundry sold their versions as Herkules or
Hercules, and Plantin as Hercule.
Some versions include elongated ascenders for ‘bfhk’.
Bunny Ears is a lowercase-only version listed in
the Berthold Fototypes E1 catalog with long alternates
for ‘bfhkl’.
There are at least five digitizations. Smoke and
Long Ears MF (latter with alts) are both limited
lowercase-only freebies. Lexington
has these alternates, too, plus several new ones. It adds a
handtooled cut. More…
“Originally a Wagner & Schmidt type first cast around 1905, and formerly known as Stanley.” [JBJ] Cast by typefoundry Ludwig Wagner as Titanic (1920) [Reichardt 2011] and Titan (1927) [JBJ], and by Norddeutsche as Titanic [1929 specimen]. Later known as Titantypo (Johannes Wagner, 1966). Karl Brendler in Vienna and the Amsterdam Type Foundry sold their versions as Herkules or Hercules, and Plantin as Hercule. Some versions include elongated ascenders for ‘bfhk’.
Bunny Ears is a lowercase-only version listed in the Berthold Fototypes E1 catalog with long alternates for ‘bfhkl’.
There are at least five digitizations. Smoke and Long Ears MF (latter with alts) are both limited lowercase-only freebies. Lexington has these alternates, too, plus several new ones. It adds a handtooled cut. Herkimer Bunrab NF is based on Herkules and also includes the five “bunny ear” alternates. Titanschrift has no alternates, but is the only version to feature the asymmetric ‘w’ present in Titanic and Titantypo. It is used for the sample shown above.
