Designed in the mid 1920s as a revival by Franzisca Baruch in
Berlin. The letterforms were inspired by a Haggadah from 1526
printed with wooden type by the Gersonides family of printers in
Prague. Issued around 1925 [Messner] or in 1928 [Wetzig 1926–40] by Berthold. By 1930, a
lighter weight (Stam mager), a condensed
(Rambam) and an open/handtooled style
(Rachel) had been added, without Baruch’s involvement.
Stam is a Hebrew acronym of Sefarim, Tefillin, Mezuzot
— the three fields of activity of a traditional Jewish scribe.
Baruch created a lighter version for Leo A. Mayer,
professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A recutting of
this typeface was later issued by Moritz Spitzer’s Jerusalem Type
Foundry as Mayer-Baruch [More…
Designed in the mid 1920s as a revival by Franzisca Baruch in Berlin. The letterforms were inspired by a Haggadah from 1526 printed with wooden type by the Gersonides family of printers in Prague. Issued around 1925 [Messner] or in 1928 [Wetzig 1926–40] by Berthold. By 1930, a lighter weight (Stam mager), a condensed (Rambam) and an open/handtooled style (Rachel) had been added, without Baruch’s involvement. Stam is a Hebrew acronym of Sefarim, Tefillin, Mezuzot — the three fields of activity of a traditional Jewish scribe.
Baruch created a lighter version for Leo A. Mayer, professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A recutting of this typeface was later issued by Moritz Spitzer’s Jerusalem Type Foundry as Mayer-Baruch [Messner].
Adaptations for dry transfer lettering by Letraset (as S'tam) and Mecanorma (as 967). These are much rounder in design.
Stam MF is a digital version.
