AKA Pinselschrift (brush script)
Reporter. First cast in 1938 [Reichardt] or 1939 [J.
Wagner index card] by Norddeutsche
and later by their successor Johannes
Wagner. The metal original – larger sizes were also available
in wood – came with many extras:
alternates,
swash underlines, ligatures, as well as logotypes for common
German trigraphs like ‘sch’ and even
whole syllables (‘ent’, ‘ung’, ‘heit’, ‘keit’).
Adopted by Letraset for dry transfer lettering. Shown in a
1987/1988 catalog with some alternates (h m n o t) and ligatures
(ch ff ff fl ll qu st th Fl St Th).
Reporter No. 2 is a simplified version
with More…
AKA Pinselschrift (brush script) Reporter. First cast in 1938 [Reichardt] or 1939 [J. Wagner index card] by Norddeutsche and later by their successor Johannes Wagner. The metal original – larger sizes were also available in wood – came with many extras: alternates, swash underlines, ligatures, as well as logotypes for common German trigraphs like ‘sch’ and even whole syllables (‘ent’, ‘ung’, ‘heit’, ‘keit’).
Adopted by Letraset for dry transfer lettering. Shown in a 1987/1988 catalog with some alternates (h m n o t) and ligatures (ch ff ff fl ll qu st th Fl St Th).
Reporter No. 2 is a simplified version with far fewer gaps inside the main strokes. It lacks all of the mentioned embellishments. Shown in LinoTypeCollection (1987) and available in digital form (©1989 Adobe).
