“A playful, casual take on round nib pen lettering was spotted
amongst some online scans from an old lettering book. The free-form
and stylized shapes of the letters and numbers are reminiscent of
old-time show cards, movie titles and signage in vogue around the
early 1900s through the 1920s.” [Jeff
Levine]
The model appears in various lettering books, without name and
in all caps in either issue X or XV of Muster-Alphabete
verschiedener Schriftarten (date and author unknown,
see
previous issues published by Richard Bauer,
Leipzig) and as Moderne Block (caps
only) in 50 Alphabete für Techniker und Fachschulen No.
118 (date and author unknown, erroneously credited to
Eric-Jean Müller by Devroye). More…
“A playful, casual take on round nib pen lettering was spotted amongst some online scans from an old lettering book. The free-form and stylized shapes of the letters and numbers are reminiscent of old-time show cards, movie titles and signage in vogue around the early 1900s through the 1920s.” [Jeff Levine]
The model appears in various lettering books, without name and in all caps in either issue X or XV of Muster-Alphabete verschiedener Schriftarten (date and author unknown, see previous issues published by Richard Bauer, Leipzig) and as Moderne Block (caps only) in 50 Alphabete für Techniker und Fachschulen No. 118 (date and author unknown, erroneously credited to Eric-Jean Müller by Devroye). Czechoslovak artist Jan Šembera might have shown a version with lowercase and some diacritics, see this thread on Font ID.
