This entry is for the bold condensed style of a typeface series
that originated at the Leipzig punchcutting company Wagner &
Schmidt. Available from various foundries under different names.
Sold by Weber as
Inserat-Grotesk halbbreit IX (1928) [Seemann] and
later as Aurora-Grotesk schmalfett IX, and by
Haas as
Inserat-Grotesk fett. Also known as Imperator
halbfett (Trennert),
Favorit-Grotesk schmal (Weisert, 1925),
Orion (Schriftguss),
Goliath noir (Warnery).
[Seemann]
Series:
regular-wide uprights | bold
extended |
light/medium extended |
compressed | bold condensed | extrabold
condensed | italics
| open.
For reworkings with straight diagonals in ‘kvwxy AKMNVWXY 4’,
see
Anzeigen-Grotesk / Neue Aurora IX.
Phototype adaptations are shown in PLINC’s One Line
(1971, Aurora
Display), Berthold’s E1 (1974,
Aurora-Grotesk schmalfett), and by Typeshop
(Aurora schmalfett) [Typeshop More…
This entry is for the bold condensed style of a typeface series that originated at the Leipzig punchcutting company Wagner & Schmidt. Available from various foundries under different names. Sold by Weber as Inserat-Grotesk halbbreit IX (1928) [Seemann] and later as Aurora-Grotesk schmalfett IX, and by Haas as Inserat-Grotesk fett. Also known as Imperator halbfett (Trennert), Favorit-Grotesk schmal (Weisert, 1925), Orion (Schriftguss), Goliath noir (Warnery). [Seemann]
Series: regular-wide uprights | bold extended | light/medium extended | compressed | bold condensed | extrabold condensed | italics | open.
For reworkings with straight diagonals in ‘kvwxy AKMNVWXY 4’, see Anzeigen-Grotesk / Neue Aurora IX.
Phototype adaptations are shown in PLINC’s One Line (1971, Aurora Display), Berthold’s E1 (1974, Aurora-Grotesk schmalfett), and by Typeshop (Aurora schmalfett) [Typeshop c. 1977].
Digital versions include Aurora Bold Condensed (Bitstream/Tilde, aka Swiss 939; used for the sample) and OPTI Aurora Grotesk Nine (Castcraft, 1990–1991).
