First issued by Berthold in 1898 as
Accidenz-Grotesk. Many loosely related styles from
various sources were incorporated into the family. Further extended
and homogenized by G.G. Lange from the late 1950s on. Lange
regarded Royal-Grotesk
as the key source and credited it to Ferdinand Theinhardt, but that
is refuted, see Eckehart Schumacher-Gebler’s article in Schriftgestalten
(2008), Indra
Kupferschmid’s blog post, and, most detailed,
Dan Reynolds’s article and lecture (2019).
Distributed in the US and UK as
Standard [Meggs]
and commonly used in the 1950s–60s.
AG Old Face (1984) is a redrawing made for
phototypesetting that returns to the original forms prior to the
1950s homogenization.
Linotype’s digital version was renamed to Basic
Commercial for trademark reasons. Berthold’s
digitization More…
First issued by Berthold in 1898 as Accidenz-Grotesk. Many loosely related styles from various sources were incorporated into the family. Further extended and homogenized by G.G. Lange from the late 1950s on. Lange regarded Royal-Grotesk as the key source and credited it to Ferdinand Theinhardt, but that is refuted, see Eckehart Schumacher-Gebler’s article in Schriftgestalten (2008), Indra Kupferschmid’s blog post, and, most detailed, Dan Reynolds’s article and lecture (2019). Distributed in the US and UK as Standard [Meggs] and commonly used in the 1950s–60s.
AG Old Face (1984) is a redrawing made for phototypesetting that returns to the original forms prior to the 1950s homogenization.
Linotype’s digital version was renamed to Basic Commercial for trademark reasons. Berthold’s digitization was reworked as Akzidenz Grotesk Next (2006). Akzidenz Grotesk Pro (2007) adds Cyrillics (by Vladimir Yefimov, Condensed by Gayaneh Bagdasaryan) and Greek (by Panos Haratzopoulos). [Typophile] CastleType’s Standard CT is a digital interpretation that uses the export name.
