Designed by Georg Schiller, then Imperial Engraver at the Reichsdruckerei Berlin, for the official catalog of the German exhibition at the Exposition Universelle of 1900 in Paris. The matrices were subsequently given to private foundries, to make the type available to the public [Bertheau 1995]. Cut 1898–1899 in 12 sizes [Reichardt/Hoefer]. Shown in a Reichsdruckerei specimen from 1910 in two weights, Neudeutsch and Neudeutsch mager. Cast by Rühl as Neudeutsch and by John as Buchschrift “Ideal”. Rühl also had the lighter weight (mager) and an open style (licht) [Reichardt 2011]. Gebr. Mejo made a brass version for engraving [Letter Library]. Alternate caps in a roman style were available [Typographische Jahrbücher 1901].

Shown in the Solotype catalog as Eros Text.

Peter Wiegel made an OFL-licensed digitization named Neudeutsch CAT (2016).

Not to be confused with Otto Hupp’s Neudeutsch.