Designed in the mid 1920s as a revival font by Franzisca Baruch
in Berlin. The letterforms were inspired by a Haggadah from 1526
printed with wooden type by the Gersonides family of printers in
Prague. Issued around 1925 [Messner] or in 1928 [Seemann] by
Berthold. By 1930, a lighter weight (Stam mager), a
condensed (Rambam) and an open/handtooled style
(Rachel) had been added, without Baruch’s involvement.
Stam is a Hebrew acronym of Sefarim, Tefillin, Mezuzot
— the three fields of activity of a traditional Jewish scribe.
Baruch created a lighter version for Leo A. Mayer,
professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A recutting of
this typeface was later issued by Moritz Spitzer’s Jerusalem Type
Foundry as Mayer-Baruch. More…
Designed in the mid 1920s as a revival font by Franzisca Baruch in Berlin. The letterforms were inspired by a Haggadah from 1526 printed with wooden type by the Gersonides family of printers in Prague. Issued around 1925 [Messner] or in 1928 [Seemann] by Berthold. By 1930, a lighter weight (Stam mager), a condensed (Rambam) and an open/handtooled style (Rachel) had been added, without Baruch’s involvement. Stam is a Hebrew acronym of Sefarim, Tefillin, Mezuzot — the three fields of activity of a traditional Jewish scribe.
Baruch created a lighter version for Leo A. Mayer, professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A recutting of this typeface was later issued by Moritz Spitzer’s Jerusalem Type Foundry as Mayer-Baruch. [Messner]
Stam MF is a digital version.
