When designing Berthold Baskerville Book, Günter Gerhard Lange analyzed and compared John Baskerville’s original type (1752-1757) and countless cuts based on the original design. Lange’s interpretation also took into account today’s printing and…
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Gustav Jaeger designed Bellevue, which H. Berthold published in 1986. This package includes two additional scripts designed by Günter Gerhard Lange for H. Berthold: Boulevard in 1955 and Berthold-Script in 1977. These are three...
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Based on Berthold’s 1913 Berliner, Erik Spiekermann redesigned and digitized the typeface for the foundry. H. Berthold published Berliner Grotesk in 1979. This distinctive design with a high x-height, short descenders and rough edges...
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Editorial Comment JNL is another wood type in the Grotesk (also spelled Grotesque) style of sans serif faces. Popular in newspaper headlines as well as posters, the slightly irregular stroke widths add an old-fashioned...
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Hans Reichel designed Barmeno for H. Berthold in 1983. This rounded sans serif has distinctive individual characters but when viewed in bodies of text, it is warm, harmonious and legible. Barmeno often is used...
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Based on John Baskerville’s types first issued between 1752 and 1757 in Birmingham, England, H. Berthold released its version in 1961. Baskerville types are known for their clarity and legibility. Berthold’s version is a...
by · Published May 26, 2015
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How cute can you get? Cattapilla’s open type version has extra ligatures and stylistic alternates, perfect for scrapbooking, greeting cards, announcements or any creative project.