Cölnisch Current Fraktur (also:
Coellnisch-Current-Fraktur) is a 16th century typeface
by the Luthersche Gießerei in Frankfurt/Main. According to
Albert Kapr, Christian Egenolff cast this font from borrowed
matrices as early as in 1524.
J.G.I. Breitkopf mentions that Egenolph [sic] possessed a
typeface cut in brass, known as Cöllnisch Current or
Deytsch Fractur – denoting its place of birth
[Cologne] – which was recut for casting by his son-in-law, Jacob
[Jacques] Sabon. See Johann Erasmus Luther’s 1678 specimen in Dan
Reynolds’
article about the library of the Gutenberg Museum for ILT.
A complete alphabet showing was
first included in Jan Tschichold’s Meisterbuch der
Schrift (1952). The punches then were in possession of the
D. Stempel AG typefoundry.
Adopted by Photo-Lettering as Mayerling [More…
Cölnisch Current Fraktur (also: Coellnisch-Current-Fraktur) is a 16th century typeface by the Luthersche Gießerei in Frankfurt/Main. According to Albert Kapr, Christian Egenolff cast this font from borrowed matrices as early as in 1524. J.G.I. Breitkopf mentions that Egenolph [sic] possessed a typeface cut in brass, known as Cöllnisch Current or Deytsch Fractur – denoting its place of birth [Cologne] – which was recut for casting by his son-in-law, Jacob [Jacques] Sabon. See Johann Erasmus Luther’s 1678 specimen in Dan Reynolds’ article about the library of the Gutenberg Museum for ILT. A complete alphabet showing was first included in Jan Tschichold’s Meisterbuch der Schrift (1952). The punches then were in possession of the D. Stempel AG typefoundry.
Adopted by Photo-Lettering as Mayerling [PLINC 1960].
Dieter Steffmann made a digital revival in 2000 (revised in 2008) and released the freebie as Coelnische Current Fraktur. The Walden Font Co. offers a Coelnisch Current Fraktur WF. This version is different, most notably in the dots on ‘i’ and ‘j’, and in that it has the ‘long s’ (ſ) as default. SoftMaker released a Coelnische Current Pro in 2016.
