Cut in-house at Stempel in 1901–1903 and issued as
Künstler-Schreibschrift (“artist’s script”) in three
styles: mager, a slightly bolder halbfett, and schmal (condensed).
Comes with several ligatures, fitted pairs, Roman numerals, and
alternates for ‘erstzIMT’ [DIN 16507 index cards] [Wetzig 1926–40] and ‘k’ [glyph
set]. The mager is based on a design from Deberny. The two
weights of regular width were also available with Cyrillics
[Wetzig 1926–40].
Also carried by Scholz, Klingspor (as
Cabinett, sold abroad as Cabinet,
2 weights), and Simmelkiær
(as Selandia Skriveskrift, 3 styles). [Reichardt 2011]
In 1958, Stempel added a fett weight designed by Hans Bohn, see
Künstler-Schreibschrift (Bohn) [Reichardt 2011], which was later extended
into a lighter weight. The old styles exhibit several design
differences in comparison to Bohn’s version: More…
Cut in-house at Stempel in 1901–1903 and issued as Künstler-Schreibschrift (“artist’s script”) in three styles: mager, a slightly bolder halbfett, and schmal (condensed). Comes with several ligatures, fitted pairs, Roman numerals, and alternates for ‘erstzIMT’ [DIN 16507 index cards] [Wetzig 1926–40] and ‘k’ [glyph set]. The mager is based on a design from Deberny. The two weights of regular width were also available with Cyrillics [Wetzig 1926–40].
Also carried by Scholz, Klingspor (as Cabinett, sold abroad as Cabinet, 2 weights), and Simmelkiær (as Selandia Skriveskrift, 3 styles). [Reichardt 2011]
In 1958, Stempel added a fett weight designed by Hans Bohn, see Künstler-Schreibschrift (Bohn) [Reichardt 2011], which was later extended into a lighter weight. The old styles exhibit several design differences in comparison to Bohn’s version: smaller x-height, smooth joins, diamond-shaped dots, ascending ‘p’, pointed ‘A’, descending ‘G’, ‘Q’ tail above the baseline, ‘X’ with loops and no crossbar.
Mecanorma’s dry-transfer version was named Art script (licensed from Linotype). It was digitized as Classic Script. More digitizations of the halbfett include Kuenstler Script No.2 Bold (Adobe) a.k.a. Kuenstler Script #2 Bold (Linotype), both with diamond-shaped dots like in the metal original, and Kunstlerschreibschrift D Medium (URW) with round dots.
