Stempel’s original spans 14 styles, incl. halbfett (bold, 1929),
zart (light, 1930), mager (regular) and licht
(open, 1931), schmalfett (bold condensed, 1932), fett (heavy,
1933), two italic weights (1935/36), the condensed
Memphis-Universal (3 weights, first 2 in 1938) and Memphis-Luna
(shadow-only, 1937). Memphis-Buchschrift
(2 weights, 1932) is a version
optimized for text sizes. Sold by Continental
in the US as Girder. [Seemann, Reichardt] Lots of
alternates,
most notably a round-top ‘A’, but also italic swash caps. Adopted
by Linotype in 13 styles (4 weights with italics, 2 “Lining” small
caps weights, 3 Condensed weights) in 1933–38. The Extra Bold
versions were designed by C.H. Griffith [McGrew]. Some details of
the Linotype version are quite different from Stempel’s. See also
Karnak
(Ludlow), Cairo More…
Stempel’s original spans 14 styles, incl. halbfett (bold, 1929), zart (light, 1930), mager (regular) and licht (open, 1931), schmalfett (bold condensed, 1932), fett (heavy, 1933), two italic weights (1935/36), the condensed Memphis-Universal (3 weights, first 2 in 1938) and Memphis-Luna (shadow-only, 1937). Memphis-Buchschrift (2 weights, 1932) is a version optimized for text sizes. Sold by Continental in the US as Girder. [Seemann, Reichardt] Lots of alternates, most notably a round-top ‘A’, but also italic swash caps. Adopted by Linotype in 13 styles (4 weights with italics, 2 “Lining” small caps weights, 3 Condensed weights) in 1933–38. The Extra Bold versions were designed by C.H. Griffith [McGrew]. Some details of the Linotype version are quite different from Stempel’s. See also Karnak (Ludlow), Cairo (Intertype), and Ward (Monotype).
Berthold Fototypes offered a Girder Heavy which is different from their Memphis Medium in many details, most notably in ‘i/j’ (round dot), ‘f’ (descending), ‘a b d g p q’ (counters not round), ‘h m n t’ (one-sided base serifs), ‘r’ (conventional shoulder), ‘R’ (straight leg), ‘Q’ (like in Stymie/Rockwell).
Among the various digital versions, Bitstream’s Geometric Slabserif 703 is the only one to include the Condensed weights.