A typeface for cartographic use. Engraved by Berthold for the Reichsamt
für Landesaufnahme (German Imperial Agency for Surveying)
during the second half of the 1930s and produced as metal fonts,
including the Rückwärts Liegend style. [Reynolds via email]
Berthold showed a
Diatype
version in roman and oblique styles, without credits [Berthold 1974]. Later credited to
Bayerisches Landesvermessungsamt (Bavarian State Surveying Office),
1966 [1985 specimen].
The LinoTypeCollection catalog (1989) shows the upright
Römisch and a second, much lighter Haar weight.
Linotype’s digital version has six More…
A typeface for cartographic use. Engraved by Berthold for the Reichsamt für Landesaufnahme (German Imperial Agency for Surveying) during the second half of the 1930s and produced as metal fonts, including the Rückwärts Liegend style. [Reynolds via email]
Berthold showed a Diatype version in roman and oblique styles, without credits [Berthold 1974]. Later credited to Bayerisches Landesvermessungsamt (Bavarian State Surveying Office), 1966 [1985 specimen].
The LinoTypeCollection catalog (1989) shows the upright Römisch and a second, much lighter Haar weight.
Linotype’s digital version has six styles: Stehend (upright), Liegend (oblique), and Rückwärts Liegend a.k.a. Reclining (left-leaning, intended for labeling bodies of water), all in regular and Haar (hairline) weights. Credited to (or rather described as) “German Cartographic Design”.
