Originally cast by Genzsch & Heyse as Französische
Antiqua, based on matrices of Romain No. 16
acquired from Deberny & Cie in 1891. Extended with larger sizes and
a halbfett. [Bertheau] Reissued in 1923 as
Fridericus-Antiqua in roman and Kursiv, “based on old
matrices and completed in-house”. Accompanied by a halbfett and a
set of condensed caps, Schmale
Fridericus-Antiqua-Versalien. A fett followed in 1929. The
roman was adopted for the Monotype as Serie Nr. 314 in
1931/32. [Seemann] Also cast by Berling/Simmelkiær as Fransk
antikva. The fett is credited to Carl Adam. [Reichardt]
Woellmer had a virtually identical design as
Parlaments-Antiqua, More…
Originally cast by Genzsch & Heyse as Französische Antiqua, based on matrices of Romain No. 16 acquired from Deberny & Cie in 1891. Extended with larger sizes and a halbfett. [Bertheau] Reissued in 1923 as Fridericus-Antiqua in roman and Kursiv, “based on old matrices and completed in-house”. Accompanied by a halbfett and a set of condensed caps, Schmale Fridericus-Antiqua-Versalien. A fett followed in 1929. The roman was adopted for the Monotype as Serie Nr. 314 in 1931/32. [Seemann] Also cast by Berling/Simmelkiær as Fransk antikva. The fett is credited to Carl Adam. [Reichardt]
Woellmer had a virtually identical design as Parlaments-Antiqua, without the condensed caps, but with additional italic styles for the halbfett and fett. Reichardt gives these dates: Parlaments-Antiqua (before 1897), Kursiv (before 1900), halbfett (1918), Kursiv halbfett (1931), fett (1930), Kursiv fett (1935). Bertheau dates the Kursiv and halbfett to 1912. Reissued in 1925 as Bibliophile Antiqua [Bertheau] in roman (shown), Kursiv, halbfett. After the liquidation of Woellmer in 1938 the family was adopted by Schriftguss (as Parlaments-Antiqua). [Seemann]
