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“Nur das Originelle wird beachtet!”, Frobenius AG

Photo(s) by Philipp Messner. Imported from Flickr on Nov 15, 2020. Artwork published in
circa 1934
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1 Comment on ““Nur das Originelle wird beachtet!”, Frobenius AG”

  1. Here’s Fette Normande / Normande grasse as shown in the Alphabete specimen by Haas from ca. 1965.

    Scan courtesy of Hans Reichardt. Reproduced from Bleisatzschriften des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vol. 2. Offenbach: Spatium, 2008.

    It looks like both the headline and the text are set in this typeface, which indeed exhibits considerable differences between the sizes. I’d assume that this Fette Normande is identical with Neue Normande shown by Haas before 1926. The specimen shows 5 out of 14 sizes (5–48pt).

    Berthold’s Normande is similar and was cut in 12 sizes (6–72pt). It’s difficult to list the differences without having extensive specimens for all sizes. A comparison against a medium-large size from Berthold’s DIN index card shows that Berthold’s Normande is distinguished by horizontally compact glyphs for f and j. The left diagonal in y is continuous, like in the 9pt and 14pt cuts by Haas. These details can be found in the digital versions, too, which appear to be based on a different (larger) size by Berthold.

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