Originally made by Johann G.I. Breitkopf together with the
punchcutters Christian Zinck, Johann Michel Schmidt and Johann
Peter Artopaeus in 1750, apparently as a modernization of the
Neudörffer-Andreä-Fraktur. Revived in 1899 by the
Klingspor foundry and subsequently recut by various foundries.
[Kapr 1993] Issued by Klingspor in 1905
(also cast by Ludwig & Mayer, Ludwig Wagner, Schriftguss, and by
Berthold as Original-Breitkopf-Fraktur), by Stempel in
two weights in 1912/1915 (also for Linotype, large sizes in wood),
and by C.F. Rühl. Available for the Intertype. Adopted by Monotype
in six series, incl. halbfett, fett, and schräg styles. [Reichardt 2011] [Wetzig More…
Originally made by Johann G.I. Breitkopf together with the punchcutters Christian Zinck, Johann Michel Schmidt and Johann Peter Artopaeus in 1750, apparently as a modernization of the Neudörffer-Andreä-Fraktur. Revived in 1899 by the Klingspor foundry and subsequently recut by various foundries. [Kapr 1993] Issued by Klingspor in 1905 (also cast by Ludwig & Mayer, Ludwig Wagner, Schriftguss, and by Berthold as Original-Breitkopf-Fraktur), by Stempel in two weights in 1912/1915 (also for Linotype, large sizes in wood), and by C.F. Rühl. Available for the Intertype. Adopted by Monotype in six series, incl. halbfett, fett, and schräg styles. [Reichardt 2011] [Wetzig 1926–40]
Digitizations by Gerhard Helzel (2 weights, based on “Breitkopf/Stempel”, 1997; 1 weight based on “Andersen-Nexö (Westermann)”, 2005, 1 set of initials, 2000), Dieter Steffmann (2000), Ralph M. Unger (profonts, 2003), SoftMaker (2016), and Sebastian Kempgen & Sascha Selke for MacCampus (2004).
