Designed by Paul Renner for D. Stempel AG in 1928. [Reichardt/Hoefer] Comes in three widths. In his chronicle about Stempel, Reichardt suggests Plak was a poster companion to the foundry’s Neuzeit-Grotesk. Made as poster type only, in sizes ranging from 72 to 624pt [Burke]. A Stempel leaflet mentions that Plak was available in sizes up to 40 cicero in wood and from 8 to 20 cicero in synthetic resin.
Digitized by Linotype. Redesigned and expanded by Monotype as Neue Plak in April 2018. See also Plakat (Out of the Dark).