Many revivals of Justus Erich Walbaum’s c.1800 types have been
released by various foundries under the name Walbaum. Uses are
tagged with this generic entry that includes the versions by
Linotype, Scangraphic and Elsner+Flake* – unless a specific other
revival is confirmed (see Related Typefaces).
Walbaum’s historical design was adapted for the Monotype in
1933/34 (series 374 and the heavier 375) and expanded in 1957
(series 674).
*) These versions all exhibit only minute design differences.
Linotype’s spans two weights with italics. The Roman has small
caps. Scangraphic’s spans three weights with italics, in two
optical More…
Many revivals of Justus Erich Walbaum’s c.1800 types have been released by various foundries under the name Walbaum. Uses are tagged with this generic entry that includes the versions by Linotype, Scangraphic and Elsner+Flake* – unless a specific other revival is confirmed (see Related Typefaces).
Walbaum’s historical design was adapted for the Monotype in 1933/34 (series 374 and the heavier 375) and expanded in 1957 (series 674).
*) These versions all exhibit only minute design differences. Linotype’s spans two weights with italics. The Roman has small caps. Scangraphic’s spans three weights with italics, in two optical sizes, “SH” and “SB”. The Roman, Italic and Medium styles of the SB series have small caps. Walbaum EF spans three weights with italics. URW used to offer another related version known as Klassik Roman No. 10 that spans three weights with italics, accompanied by small caps (also as raised “display caps”) for the Roman and an caps-only Compressed.
