I use this space to gather notes and samples of typefaces. My purpose here is not to be exhaustive, but to learn and be useful in the process.
Serif Sans-serif Italic Script
Design studio focused on book design, illustration, and environment design
1890s
Serif Sans-serif Italic Script
First released in 1898 by the Berthold Foundry of Berlin. Akzidenz Grotesk is said to be “the immediate ancestor” of both Franklin Gothic and Helvetica.
Notes and sources:
Alexander Lawson, Anatomy of a Typeface
Robert Bringhurst, The Elements of Typographic Style
Ellen Lupton, Thinking With Type
Phillip B. Meggs, A History of Graphic Design
Alan Bartram, Five Hundred Years of Book Design
Wikipedia, among others. Some images from Wikipedia are used under the Creative Commons license, and have been resized.
