![]() In the 1950s Günter Gerhard Lange, then art director at Berthold, began a project to enlarge the typeface family, adding a larger character set, but retaining all of the idiosyncrasies of the 1898 face. The Theinhardt foundry later merged with Berthold and also supplied the regular, medium and bold weights. ![]() Originally named “Accidenz-Grotesk” the design originates from Royal Grotesk light by royal type-cutter Ferdinand Theinhardt. “Akzidenz” indicates its intended use as a typeface for commercial print runs such as publicity, tickets and forms, as opposed to fine printing, and “grotesque” was a standard name for sans-serif typefaces at the time.īerthold first published Akzidenz-Grotesk in 1898. How about 20,000+ Commercial Fonts with Unlimited DownloadsĪkzidenz-Grotesk is a sans-serif typeface family originally released by the Berthold Type Foundry of Berlin.
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