Designed in-house at Schelter & Giesecke and Issued in
6 styles;
Schelter-Antiqua with breit (wide, 1905),
Schelter-Kursiv (italic), halbfett (bold), breit fett
(bold wide, 1906), and schmal fett (bold condensed, 1907).
[Reichardt] Named to honor the company’s co-founder, Johann Andreas
Gottfried Schelter (1775–1841). Comes with “Gothic” alternates for
‘EMN’ and ligatures (fitted pairs) for ‘FT’, ‘LT’ ‘TT’. [1912
catalog] By around 1932 the uncial-style ‘d’ was replaced a more
conventional shape and it moved to an alternate position. [specimen]
Cast by Brendler as Wiener Antiqua, by Gallico as
Serie Furina, and by Pierallini as Serie
Venezia. Società Nebiolo had the halbfett as
Viterbo. [Reichardt] Carried by Reggiani as
Lucia. [1937 specimen]
Accompanied by initials designed by Max
Salzmann, available in monochromatic and bichromatic versions.
[1912 catalog]
Tauchnitz-Antiqua (1905) with halbfett (1906)
is the same design with different forms for
‘dkvwxyAKMRUVWX’ (and probably also
‘Y’), More…
Designed in-house at Schelter & Giesecke and Issued in 6 styles; Schelter-Antiqua with breit (wide, 1905), Schelter-Kursiv (italic), halbfett (bold), breit fett (bold wide, 1906), and schmal fett (bold condensed, 1907). [Reichardt] Named to honor the company’s co-founder, Johann Andreas Gottfried Schelter (1775–1841). Comes with “Gothic” alternates for ‘EMN’ and ligatures (fitted pairs) for ‘FT’, ‘LT’ ‘TT’. [1912 catalog] By around 1932 the uncial-style ‘d’ was replaced a more conventional shape and it moved to an alternate position. [specimen] Cast by Brendler as Wiener Antiqua, by Gallico as Serie Furina, and by Pierallini as Serie Venezia. Società Nebiolo had the halbfett as Viterbo. [Reichardt] Carried by Reggiani as Lucia. [1937 specimen]
Accompanied by initials designed by Max Salzmann, available in monochromatic and bichromatic versions. [1912 catalog]
Tauchnitz-Antiqua (1905) with halbfett (1906) is the same design with different forms for ‘dkvwxyAKMRUVWX’ (and probably also ‘Y’), in most cases replacing curved diagonals with straight ones.
Leipziger Lateinschrift (1905) with Leipziger Antiqua halbfett (1906) and Leipziger Latein-Kursiv (1910) is a variant of Schelter-Antiqua with a shorter x-height.
Schelter-Antiqua halbfett, breit fett, and schmal fett as well as Tauchnitz-Antiqua halbfett were available in poster sizes up to 24 cicero (288 pt), with the larger sizes cut from wood. [1928 specimen]
Oliver Weiss made a digital revival as WF Schelter Antiqua, released in Dec. 2020 as part of Walden Font Co.’s Art Nouveau Print Shop Vol. 1. Comes in a single style, with the original alternates and ligatures, and extended language support. Used for the sample.
