Very large family with 26 styles in total [c.1925 Stempel
Hauptprobe] issued at Stempel from 1904 to 1924. Some available
with Cyrillics [Reichardt 2011] [Wetzig 1926–40]. For
Normen-Reform-Grotesk-Kursiv, see DIN
16.
10 styles were reissued
“in renewed form” as Reform-Grotesk B [Stempel:
Das Buch der Groteskschriften, 1932]. The family
was reworked from 1925 on, and 13 styles were offered in 1927
[Bertheau 1995]. Shown with a single-story
‘a’ in the 1931/1932 addendum to Seemann [Wetzig 1926–40].
In 1953, the family was moved to Stempel’s subsidiary Klingspor,
and sold as Information
[Bertheau 1995].
Digital interpretations include Pierre Pané-Farré’s
Reform-Grotesk More…
Very large family with 26 styles in total [c.1925 Stempel Hauptprobe] issued at Stempel from 1904 to 1924. Some available with Cyrillics [Reichardt 2011] [Wetzig 1926–40]. For Normen-Reform-Grotesk-Kursiv, see DIN 16.
10 styles were reissued “in renewed form” as Reform-Grotesk B [Stempel: Das Buch der Groteskschriften, 1932]. The family was reworked from 1925 on, and 13 styles were offered in 1927 [Bertheau 1995]. Shown with a single-story ‘a’ in the 1931/1932 addendum to Seemann [Wetzig 1926–40].
In 1953, the family was moved to Stempel’s subsidiary Klingspor, and sold as Information [Bertheau 1995].
Digital interpretations include Pierre Pané-Farré’s Reform-Grotesk FSL (2015–2022) and, less directly, Nick Sherman’s Reformation. Both are unreleased as of January 2024.
