Black Bull is the title of a design for an
Egyptienne typeface in three styles, drawn by Volker Küster as part of his diploma project at
HGB
Leipzig in the mid-1960s. [Flake]
In Schrift und Schreiben (1972, 5th edition 1982),
Hildegard Korger reproduced an “alphabet in the
style of an italic Egyptienne” and two sets of decorative capitals
derived from it (solid w/ highlights and outline w/ open tops and
bottoms), credited to Volker Küster, 1966. It’s assumed that this
is the design known as Black Bull. Not produced as a
typeface.
Different Cyrillic adaptations of the all-caps highlight style
were reproduced in Soviet books, including Шрифт
(Leningrad, 1975) and Декоративные шрифты (Minsk,
1987; credited to Oleh Snarsky),
Digital interpretations of the all-caps highlight style include
Brad O. Nelson’s freebie Thats Super (Brain Eaters
Font Co., 2001) and More…
Black Bull is the title of a design for an Egyptienne typeface in three styles, drawn by Volker Küster as part of his diploma project at HGB Leipzig in the mid-1960s. [Flake]
In Schrift und Schreiben (1972, 5th edition 1982), Hildegard Korger reproduced an “alphabet in the style of an italic Egyptienne” and two sets of decorative capitals derived from it (solid w/ highlights and outline w/ open tops and bottoms), credited to Volker Küster, 1966. It’s assumed that this is the design known as Black Bull. Not produced as a typeface.
Different Cyrillic adaptations of the all-caps highlight style were reproduced in Soviet books, including Шрифт (Leningrad, 1975) and Декоративные шрифты (Minsk, 1987; credited to Oleh Snarsky),
Digital interpretations of the all-caps highlight style include Brad O. Nelson’s freebie Thats Super (Brain Eaters Font Co., 2001) and Brocken (RMU, 2011). Both are unauthorized.
