Designed by Karlgeorg Hoefer for Ludwig &
Mayer. Released in three weights (mager, halbfett, fett) in
1962, followed by breitmager and breithalbfett (1963), kursiv,
schmalmager, schmalfett, and Massiv (1967), breitfett and breitfett kursiv
(apparently derived from Hallo, in or before 1969), leicht (light,
1971), and breitleicht (1979). See also Permanent
Headline (1964).
Simoncini produced line
casting matrices for the mager and halbfett (1962/1963) as well as
for the kursiv, schmalmager, and schmalfett. Beograd is a Cyrillic extension.
Four styles (Regular, Medium, Med. Extended, Bold) were adopted
for phototypesetting by VGC. [VGC 1972]
Otmar Hoefer (son of Karlgeorg) is working on an official
digital version in close collaboration with Stephan Müller of Forgotten Shapes (unreleased as of 2026).
Other digital interpretations by Laurenz Brunner (started 2012, used for
documenta 14 in 2017, w/ Greek), Fabian Harb (ABC
P3rman3nt, 2013), Mathieu Christe (2016), Lorenzo Mason (Italodisco, c.2015),
Connor Davenport (Temporary,
started 2018), Alberto Malossi (started 2019), and Maximilian Inzinger (OPR
Ricotta a.k.a. Performante). Also inspired
Flatspot (David Einwaller, 2020), More…
Designed by Karlgeorg Hoefer for Ludwig & Mayer. Released in three weights (mager, halbfett, fett) in 1962, followed by breitmager and breithalbfett (1963), kursiv, schmalmager, schmalfett, and Massiv (1967), breitfett and breitfett kursiv (apparently derived from Hallo, in or before 1969), leicht (light, 1971), and breitleicht (1979). See also Permanent Headline (1964).
Simoncini produced line casting matrices for the mager and halbfett (1962/1963) as well as for the kursiv, schmalmager, and schmalfett. Beograd is a Cyrillic extension.
Four styles (Regular, Medium, Med. Extended, Bold) were adopted for phototypesetting by VGC. [VGC 1972]
Otmar Hoefer (son of Karlgeorg) is working on an official digital version in close collaboration with Stephan Müller of Forgotten Shapes (unreleased as of 2026).
Other digital interpretations by Laurenz Brunner (started 2012, used for documenta 14 in 2017, w/ Greek), Fabian Harb (ABC P3rman3nt, 2013), Mathieu Christe (2016), Lorenzo Mason (Italodisco, c.2015), Connor Davenport (Temporary, started 2018), Alberto Malossi (started 2019), and Maximilian Inzinger (OPR Ricotta a.k.a. Performante). Also inspired Flatspot (David Einwaller, 2020), Store Norske Jazz (Arve Båtevik, 2020), and RJ Ephemera Selectric (Robert Janes, by 2025).
