An alphabet (Aa–Zz plus exclamation mark) designed by Alex
Stocker and Hans Gruber and reproduced in the first volume of
Lettera (1954) under the name Zürich.
Photoscript showed an “exclusive” phototype adaptation as
Trends Titling, with added numerals, punctuation
glyphs, and wide alternates for ‘f’ and ‘t’. [Photoscript 1970] An unauthorized version
appears in a Lettergraphics 1968 catalog as Astrid.
Shown in Castcraft’s Encyclopedia of Phototype Styles
(1978) as “Aggie (similar to Astrid Solid)”.
Digital versions include OPTI Aggie Solid
(Castcraft, 1990) and URW Aggie (URW++, 1995). The
former includes the original narrow forms for ‘f’ and ‘t’ as
alternates. Lucas Liccini made a private digitization in 2020 as
part of his Revivals &
Renditions student project at UdK Berlin. Another
digital interpretation titled Zug by Nazareno Crea More…
An alphabet (Aa–Zz plus exclamation mark) designed by Alex Stocker and Hans Gruber and reproduced in the first volume of Lettera (1954) under the name Zürich.
Photoscript showed an “exclusive” phototype adaptation as Trends Titling, with added numerals, punctuation glyphs, and wide alternates for ‘f’ and ‘t’. [Photoscript 1970] An unauthorized version appears in a Lettergraphics 1968 catalog as Astrid. Shown in Castcraft’s Encyclopedia of Phototype Styles (1978) as “Aggie (similar to Astrid Solid)”.
Digital versions include OPTI Aggie Solid (Castcraft, 1990) and URW Aggie (URW++, 1995). The former includes the original narrow forms for ‘f’ and ‘t’ as alternates. Lucas Liccini made a private digitization in 2020 as part of his Revivals & Renditions student project at UdK Berlin. Another digital interpretation titled Zug by Nazareno Crea and Alberto Malossi is shown in Shoplifters #10: “New Type Design Vol. 2”, with the original misattributed to Walter Haettenschweiler.
