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Akzidenz-Grotesk
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Akzidenz-Grotesk is a sans-serif typeface family originally released by the Berthold Type Foundry of Berlin in 1898. The German Akzidenz indicates its intended use as a typeface for commercial print r
Akzidenz-Grotesk seems to be a derivative of this shadowed sans-serif (Schattierte Grotesk, detail below) released by the Bauer & Co. foundry of Stutt
Akzidenz-Grotesk seems to be a derivative of this shadowed sans-serif (Schattierte Grotesk, detail below) released by the Bauer & Co. foundry of Stuttgart in 1896, the year before it was taken over by Berthold.
A 1905 advertisement for Berthold in a Swedish printing journal, offering Royal-Grotesk, later branded as the light weight of Akzidenz-Grotesk, for sa
A 1905 advertisement for Berthold in a Swedish printing journal, offering Royal-Grotesk, later branded as the light weight of Akzidenz-Grotesk, for sale. The sans-serif type is used in a secondary role underneath a more decorative heading face.
Font designer Dan Reynolds (above) and graphic design professor Indra Kupferschmid (below) have documented many aspects of the early history of Akzide
Font designer Dan Reynolds (above) and graphic design professor Indra Kupferschmid (below) have documented many aspects of the early history of Akzidenz-Grotesk.
A German banknote from 1918, using a range of sans-serifs of the period
A German banknote from 1918, using a range of sans-serifs of the period
Helvetica
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Helvetica, also known by its original name Neue Haas Grotesk, is a widely used sans-serif typeface developed in 1957 by Swiss typeface designer Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffmann.
Akzidenz-Grotesk
…record album covers as early as 1957." In 1957, three notable competitors of Akzidenz-Grotesk appeared intended to compete with its growing popularity: Helvetica from the Haas foundry, with a very high x-height and tight letterspacing, Univers from Deberny & Peignot, with a large range of weights and widths, and…
A 1969 poster by Robert Geisser exemplifying the "Swiss" style of the 1950s and 60s: solid red colour, simple images, and neo-grotesque sans-serif typ
A 1969 poster by Robert Geisser exemplifying the "Swiss" style of the 1950s and 60s: solid red colour, simple images, and neo-grotesque sans-serif type, all in lowercase. This design appears to use Helvetica or a close imitation.
An early Helvetica specimen in the asymmetric Swiss modernist style, showing tight spacing in the poster style of the period
An early Helvetica specimen in the asymmetric Swiss modernist style, showing tight spacing in the poster style of the period
A hand-cut rubylith master used in the 1983 phototypesetting release of Neue Helvetica
A hand-cut rubylith master used in the 1983 phototypesetting release of Neue Helvetica
A Helvetica Flair specimen sheet
A Helvetica Flair specimen sheet