Prisma Graphic / Futura Prisma is a series of
variations on Rudolf Koch’s 1920s multiline typeface
Prisma.
Shown in Photo-Lettering’s Alphabet Directions No. 11 “Art
Deco” (1970) in 11 variants as Futura Prismas.
The One Line catalog (1971) shows 16 all-caps variants
(15 styles named Prisma
Graphic A–R (omitting I, O, P) and the single style
Futura Prisma G) accompanied by another 6 shaded
styles (Futura Prisma Shadow A–F). Prisma
Graphic A stays closest to Koch’s original, but has
8 lines instead of 5. Futura
Prisma G is the same, but closed at the ends.
The Alphabet Yearbook 1977 shows another series
named Futura Prisma, with lowercase, larger counters,
and open ends. 7 styles named
A–E, H, L. Futura Prisma L has
5 lines of even stroke width.
Bauhaus Prisma More…
Prisma Graphic / Futura Prisma is a series of variations on Rudolf Koch’s 1920s multiline typeface Prisma.
Shown in Photo-Lettering’s Alphabet Directions No. 11 “Art Deco” (1970) in 11 variants as Futura Prismas. The One Line catalog (1971) shows 16 all-caps variants (15 styles named Prisma Graphic A–R (omitting I, O, P) and the single style Futura Prisma G) accompanied by another 6 shaded styles (Futura Prisma Shadow A–F). Prisma Graphic A stays closest to Koch’s original, but has 8 lines instead of 5. Futura Prisma G is the same, but closed at the ends.
The Alphabet Yearbook 1977 shows another series named Futura Prisma, with lowercase, larger counters, and open ends. 7 styles named A–E, H, L. Futura Prisma L has 5 lines of even stroke width.
Bauhaus Prisma / Prisma Bauhaus is a related series with round forms e.g. for ‘AEMNY’, a half-circle ‘C’, and a two-quarter-circle ‘S’.
At least one style was digitized by Photo-Lettering in 1992 as Prisma Graphic. The all-caps font combines Prisma Graphic R (lowercase, used for sample) and Bauhaus Prisma R (uppercase). No longer available. See also Fools Gold (Bob Alonso, 2007).
