Issued around 1860. In the 1920s, versions of the design were cast by most foundries in the German-speaking region, as Fette Kanzlei (Berthold, Haas) or Halbfette Kanzlei (AG f. Schriftgießerei u. M., Arndt, Genzsch & Heyse, John, Klingspor, Schelter & Giesecke, Stempel, L. Wagner, Weber). [Reichardt]

Digital revivals include Kanzlei halbfett (Gerhard Helzel, in 2 sizes, c. 48pt, 1995, used for sample; and 10pt, 2005), Fette Kanzlei (Dieter Steffmann, 2002), Germanica (Paul Lloyd, 2002), and Fette Kanzlei (RMU, 2019).