Designed by Rudolf Koch from 1924 on as a type for setting the
Bible, and originally named Koch Bibel Gotisch
[Lawson]. Released by Klingspor in 1930, named after Peter Jessen
(1858–1925). First use in printing Die Vier Evangelien
(1926).
It pairs a gotisch lowercase with a roman uppercase.
‘A’ has a wide top bar, ‘S’ has vertical serifs. There are uncial
alternates for ‘E’ and ‘F’. Sizes from 14p up had decorated
alternates for ‘D’ and ‘K’.
There are digitzations by Delbanco
(DS-Jessen-Schrift, in 2 sizes), Gerhard Helzel
(Peter-Jessen-Schrift, in 2 sizes, c. 2013),
Ralph M. Unger (Profonts, 2004), and SoftMaker
(Peter-Jessen-Schrift, More…
Designed by Rudolf Koch from 1924 on as a type for setting the Bible, and originally named Koch Bibel Gotisch [Lawson]. Released by Klingspor in 1930, named after Peter Jessen (1858–1925). First use in printing Die Vier Evangelien (1926).
It pairs a gotisch lowercase with a roman uppercase. ‘A’ has a wide top bar, ‘S’ has vertical serifs. There are uncial alternates for ‘E’ and ‘F’. Sizes from 14p up had decorated alternates for ‘D’ and ‘K’.
There are digitzations by Delbanco (DS-Jessen-Schrift, in 2 sizes), Gerhard Helzel (Peter-Jessen-Schrift, in 2 sizes, c. 2013), Ralph M. Unger (Profonts, 2004), and SoftMaker (Peter-Jessen-Schrift, 2016). Alexis Faudot and Rafael Ribas made another digitization in 2 sizes, Cicero (12pt) and Mittel (14pt), after a workshop at ESAD •Valence in 2016. Made freely available in 2019 as part of ANRT’s Gotico Antiqua series.
