This fat face originally known under the generic name
Fette Antiqua (“Fat Roman”) was first cast by Bauer in
1850, followed by the italic Fette Kursiv (1851)
[Reichardt 2011]
Versions and copies available from many other foundries, see
e.g. Berthold’s Normande.
Similar (or identical) cuts of the roman further include
Fette Antiqua G fett (Berthold), Moderne fette
Antiqua (Schelter & Giesecke, Stempel, credited to “Mac
Kellar 1830”), Fette Antiqua (Weisert, 1932),
Patricio (Schriftguss, 1931), Rakete
(Norddeutsche Schriftgießerei, before 1933) [Wetzig 1926–40].
The Roman was digitally revived by Peter Wiegel More…
This fat face originally known under the generic name Fette Antiqua (“Fat Roman”) was first cast by Bauer in 1850, followed by the italic Fette Kursiv (1851) [Reichardt 2011]
Versions and copies available from many other foundries, see e.g. Berthold’s Normande. Similar (or identical) cuts of the roman further include Fette Antiqua G fett (Berthold), Moderne fette Antiqua (Schelter & Giesecke, Stempel, credited to “Mac Kellar 1830”), Fette Antiqua (Weisert, 1932), Patricio (Schriftguss, 1931), Rakete (Norddeutsche Schriftgießerei, before 1933) [Wetzig 1926–40].
The Roman was digitally revived by Peter Wiegel and extended with Cyrillic and Greek characters and two additional weights, a Shadow and a Hollow (outlined) version. Released as Fette Bauersche Antiqua (used for the sample) under the SIL Open Font License in 2012.
