Named Futura Schlagzeile in Germany and
Futura Display abroad. Baltimore had the design as
Airport Tourist. [Reichardt] There is both a ‘t’ with
horizontal and with diagonal top. [specimen]
In addition to the tailed ‘T’, a straight form was added by May
1933 [US
specimen, VdS]
Adopted by Mecanorma [1971
ad] and Letraset. [1976 poster]
Various digitizations available, with minor differences (see
especially the counters, e.g. of ‘V’). None of the versions has the
tailed ‘T’. URW’s version adds a Poster (P) cut with integrated
diacritics, an Outline version thereof, and an all-caps Compress.
SoftMaker’s More…
Named Futura Schlagzeile in Germany and Futura Display abroad. Baltimore had the design as Airport Tourist. [Reichardt] There is both a ‘t’ with horizontal and with diagonal top. [specimen] In addition to the tailed ‘T’, a straight form was added by May 1933 [US specimen, VdS]
Adopted by Mecanorma [1971 ad] and Letraset. [1976 poster]
Various digitizations available, with minor differences (see especially the counters, e.g. of ‘V’). None of the versions has the tailed ‘T’. URW’s version adds a Poster (P) cut with integrated diacritics, an Outline version thereof, and an all-caps Compress. SoftMaker’s Deko Display Serial adds an Italic (oblique) and an Open (outline). It has the original lower bar on ‘f’ an ‘t’ and is also distinguished by the centered tail on ‘Q’ and the seriffed ‘1’.
