Quoting a Berthold press release: The design originates from Royal Grotesk light by Ferdinand Theinhardt who also supplied the regular, medium and bold weights. The original sans typeface Akzidenz-Grotesk, the most influential grotesque, was first released by the Berthold type foundry in 1896 (as Accidenz-Grotesk). The Bitstream clone is Gothic 725 (1990). These include the many versions of it at Berthold (Akzidenz Grotesk, AG Book, AG Book Old Face, Akzidenz Grotesk Next, and so forth), typefaces like the Linotype clone, Basic Commercial, and some fonts that are further afield. Īkzidenz Grotesk and is digital descendants. The list:Ĭredit for some images below: Danielle West. PDF file compiled by the jury: Stephen Coles, Jan Middendorp, Veronika Elsner, Roger Black, Ralf Herrmann, Claudia Guminski (FontShop) and Bernard Schmidt-Friderichs.
There is a lot of good information about each of the fonts mentioned. German FontShop-sponsored site listing the hundred best fonts of all times, compiled by a jury in 2007. TYPE DESIGN INFORMATION PAGE last updated on
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