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Politische Texte series

Contributed by Hee Jin on Aug 1st, 2019. Artwork published in
circa 1966
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3 Comments on “Politische Texte series”

  1. Dig the initial swash lowercase v in the medial position in Paul Levi, like a socialist peasant who doesn’t know his place.

  2. Ha! I see what you mean. While Stempel Garamond’s italic came with a range of alternate swash forms, this v is not one of them: it’s rather the default form, and the sole one included in the font. It’s similar (although less salient) for w. You can see the swashy v in medial position on this index card by the D. Stempel AG, for Novellen and Universität.

    Scan courtesy of Hans Reichardt

  3. Wow, you’re right.

    Still, it’s as if the v is shouting, “I am Spartacus!”

    Stempel Garamond is near the top of my list of typefaces that need their optical ranges digitized.

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