This entry is for the italic styles added by Weber
in 1912 to Aurora-Grotesk, [Kupferschmid
& Müller] which is their version of a typeface series that
originated at the Leipzig punchcutting company Wagner & Schmidt,
see Neue
Moderne Grotesk / Aurora-Grotesk I–IV. Cut in-house in
two weights, Aurora-Grotesk XI (mager) and
Aurora-Grotesk XII (fett) [Schriftenkartei 1958–1971] Also sold by
FTC as
Etruria corsiva chiara/nera. [Reichardt 2011]
Series: regular-wide uprights | bold
extended | light/medium extended | compressed | bold
condensed | extrabold condensed | italics | open.
Phototype adaptations for both weights are shown in Berthold’s
E1 (Aurora-Grotesk Kursiv, later with
Johannes
Wagner credit) [Berthold 1974] [Berthold 1982] and by Typeshop
(Aurora Kursiv) [Typeshop c.1977].
For a digital version, see More…
This entry is for the italic styles added by Weber in 1912 to Aurora-Grotesk, [Kupferschmid & Müller] which is their version of a typeface series that originated at the Leipzig punchcutting company Wagner & Schmidt, see Neue Moderne Grotesk / Aurora-Grotesk I–IV. Cut in-house in two weights, Aurora-Grotesk XI (mager) and Aurora-Grotesk XII (fett) [Schriftenkartei 1958–1971] Also sold by FTC as Etruria corsiva chiara/nera. [Reichardt 2011]
Series: regular-wide uprights | bold extended | light/medium extended | compressed | bold condensed | extrabold condensed | italics | open.
Phototype adaptations for both weights are shown in Berthold’s E1 (Aurora-Grotesk Kursiv, later with Johannes Wagner credit) [Berthold 1974] [Berthold 1982] and by Typeshop (Aurora Kursiv) [Typeshop c.1977].
For a digital version, see Neue Moderne Grotesk FSL (Forgotten Shapes, 2020) which has italics for all 5 weights and is used for the sample.
