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.
[Lettera 1]
Photoscript showed an “exclusive” phototype
adaptation as Trends Titling, with added numerals,
punctuation glyphs, and wide alternates for f and
t. [Photoscript 1970] Lettergraphics had one named Astrid.
[Lettergraphics 1970] Shown by Castcraft as
“Aggie (similar to Astrid Solid)”. [Castcraft 1978]
Digital versions as 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. Zug
Etc (ABC ETC, 2022) and
Katalog 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. [Lettera 1]
Photoscript showed an “exclusive” phototype adaptation as Trends Titling, with added numerals, punctuation glyphs, and wide alternates for f and t. [Photoscript 1970] Lettergraphics had one named Astrid. [Lettergraphics 1970] Shown by Castcraft as “Aggie (similar to Astrid Solid)”. [Castcraft 1978]
Digital versions as 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. Zug Etc (ABC ETC, 2022) and Katalog (Edito, 2025) expand the design to a range of styles.
