Developed at Bauer & Co (acquired by Berthold in 1897) around 1896. [Bauer/Reichardt] Issued in 1901 by Berthold, “initiating the new movement in the creation of Fraktur types” [Bauer/Reichardt], followed by fett (1904) [Wetzig 1926–40] Also available for Monotype (mager, halbfett), Intertype (mager, halbfett, fett) [Wetzig 1926–40] and Ludlow (as Ludlow Fraktur Number 16-2). [Reichardt 2011] Initials as well as ornaments were added by 1907. Berthold marketed Mainzer Fraktur together with Mainzer Got(h)isch (see Altdeutsch) as Mainzer Serie. [1908 specimen]

Various digitizations. Lindenthal has LT Mainzer Fraktur (2 weights, Bold by D. Steffmann, 1998) plus a LT Weber Mainzer Fraktur which appears to be a combination of Mainzer Fraktur with an unrelated Fraktur by Weber. Gerhard Helzel has Mainzer Fraktur (2001), based on two sizes (28p, in 2 weights; and 10p). He credits the original design to C. Fahrenwald [sic]. Paul Lloyd has Proclamate Light (2002). Peter Wiegel’s Berthold Mainzer Fraktur (2009, licensed under the SIL Open Font License) was further enhanced as UnifrakturMaguntia. Alter Littera is working on an interpretation, too.