A modular set of patterned blocks for building letters and other
ornamentation, consisting of a negative (“NE”) and a positive
(“PO”) series (the sample has the styles reversed). Made in 1931
[Göldner] or
1934 [Seemann]. Registered at the VdS in September 1934. Also
spelled NePo or NE-PO. Hans Reichardt
credits the design to Albert
Auspurg, but that’s uncertain. Maurice Göldner believes the
design is based on early border material by Butter. ATF released a
version in 1944 called Alpha-Blox.
Gujarati showed
it as Negative and Positive.
As part of his research about the Brüder Butter foundry, Göldner
did a digital reinterpretation (2009, unreleased).
Nepos (astype, 2010) by Andreas More…
A modular set of patterned blocks for building letters and other ornamentation, consisting of a negative (“NE”) and a positive (“PO”) series (the sample has the styles reversed). Made in 1931 [Göldner] or 1934 [Seemann]. Registered at the VdS in September 1934. Also spelled NePo or NE-PO. Hans Reichardt credits the design to Albert Auspurg, but that’s uncertain. Maurice Göldner believes the design is based on early border material by Butter. ATF released a version in 1944 called Alpha-Blox. Gujarati showed it as Negative and Positive.
As part of his research about the Brüder Butter foundry, Göldner did a digital reinterpretation (2009, unreleased). Nepos (astype, 2010) by Andreas Seidel is a digital interpretation and expansion. Kaa (T-26, 2004) is a limited typeface based on the “PO” series. In 2015, Maria Sieradzki and Daniel Weiand created a wood type version at HBK Saar.
