The German Revolution. Expressionist Prints

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1. Florian Hardwig says:

   Apr 12th, 2019 10:17 am

   The version of Neuland (1923) used here is Richard Kegler’s digital interpretation named Koch Nueland, released in 2000 by P22. It’s special in that it has alternate capital forms in its lowercase. Kegler elaborates in the release notes:

   Each size [of Klingspor’s Neuland] was cut with the same approach and without the aid of the pantograph. This individual approach to each point size offers much variety in individual letters at various sizes. […] These idiosyncrasies between each size are truly one of the most charming aspects to Neuland. […] P22 Koch Nueland has attempted to approach the original with as much reverence as possible. It did not seem feasible to re-digitize each point size, but rather pick up individual characteristics of various sizes and integrate them into a scalable font. […] The P22 version does not claim to be the definitive digital version of this font, but rather an alternate version, which draws on many original sources for a truer sense of the first “Neuland”.

   

   The cover shows the distinctive A with the angled crossbar, which is unique to the original 10pt cut, and the narrow R with a very small counter and a horizontal terminal on the leg, which can be found in the 36pt cut. Both forms are included in Koch Nueland’s lowercase. Its uppercase R (in “Revolution”) by contrast appears to be derived from the 8pt size.