Ad for healing waters from Lauchstädter Brunnen
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“Take care of your health by doing a well water drinking cure at home, with the long-famous medically recommended Lauchstädter Brunnen from the historic spa in Lauchstädt, discovered in 1703.”
Historic precursor of Dr. Bronner’s label design? The text mentions “more than 200 years” of history, so this is from sometime after 1903. The typeface family in use, Offenbacher Schwabacher, was designed in 1898–1900.
3 Comments on “Ad for healing waters from Lauchstädter Brunnen”
Regarding the Offenbacher Schwabacher, I can only refer to DI Gerhard Helzel, who digitized many of these fonts.
According to Luc Devroye, Helzel died earlier this year. My understanding is that his fonts are no longer available from the website you linked to. Do you happen to know more?
Oh, that’s very tragic. The last time I emailed him, I was still buying all of his Wallau styles. He once asked me for help; because I didn’t hear from him again after that—he simply stopped writing—I sent the police to his house to check if he was still alive. Then he wrote to me the next day to say everything was fine. It’s strange that he didn’t tell me about any health problems. May he rest in the peace he never found on earth.