Designed by Franz Paul Glass and released in 1912–13 by Genzsch
& Heyse in 3 weights plus the hatched all-caps
Glass-Antiqua schraffiert. [Klingspor-Museum] The light
weight has alternates for ‘erzERS’ [VdS] or ‘eER’ [specimen].
Accompanied by various sets of initials as well as borders.
[specimen] Sometimes spelled Glaß-Antiqua. Glass also
designed the related Freihand-Kursiv (Genzsch & Heyse, 1922)
[Seemann], with both a single and double-storey ‘g’. This italic is
referred to by Hans Reichardt as Glaß-Kursiv.
The light weight has been digitally revived by Gert Wiescher as
Glass Light (Wiescher Design, 2012, with added
small caps, swashes, initials, borders and ornaments) and by Denis
Masharov as Glass Antiqua (released in 2012 under the
SIL Open Font License). More…
Designed by Franz Paul Glass and released in 1912–13 by Genzsch & Heyse in 3 weights plus the hatched all-caps Glass-Antiqua schraffiert. [Klingspor-Museum] The light weight has alternates for ‘erzERS’ [VdS] or ‘eER’ [specimen]. Accompanied by various sets of initials as well as borders. [specimen] Sometimes spelled Glaß-Antiqua. Glass also designed the related Freihand-Kursiv (Genzsch & Heyse, 1922) [Seemann], with both a single and double-storey ‘g’. This italic is referred to by Hans Reichardt as Glaß-Kursiv.
The light weight has been digitally revived by Gert Wiescher as Glass Light (Wiescher Design, 2012, with added small caps, swashes, initials, borders and ornaments) and by Denis Masharov as Glass Antiqua (released in 2012 under the SIL Open Font License). Half Full NF (Nick’s Fonts, 2011) is loosely based on Glass-Antiqua fett.
