Created at Berthold in 1970. In 1972, two bolder weights were
added. Letters do not quite join. All 3 weights were expanded in
1981–82 with Englische Schreibschrift 2, Version
Romain, which is different in the glyphs for ‘r z T’.
There are various digital versions available. Berthold
Englische Schreibschrift spans the 6 original styles (3
weights in 2 versions, One and Two).
URW’s version also has 3 weights and
is equivalent to Berthold’s One. Here the Regular and
Bold are additionally available as joined-up styles. Linotype’s
version (3 weights, like Berthold’s One) is named
English Script.
Bitstream’s version is More…
Created at Berthold in 1970. In 1972, two bolder weights were added. Letters do not quite join. All 3 weights were expanded in 1981–82 with Englische Schreibschrift 2, Version Romain, which is different in the glyphs for ‘r z T’.
There are various digital versions available. Berthold Englische Schreibschrift spans the 6 original styles (3 weights in 2 versions, One and Two). URW’s version also has 3 weights and is equivalent to Berthold’s One. Here the Regular and Bold are additionally available as joined-up styles. Linotype’s version (3 weights, like Berthold’s One) is named English Script.
Bitstream’s version is named English 157 and spans the Regular only. Expanded with Eastern European characters by Tilde, and further with Cyrillics by Vladimir Yefimov (ParaType, 2000). Also available as Elegant Script Pro (SoftMaker, 2010).
