Weiss Initials - Series III : specimen sheet issued by the Bauer Type Foundry, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland : c.1935
The Weiss family of typefaces, named after the designer Emil Rudolf Weiß, was issued by Bauer in 1928 and was originally known as Weiß-Antiqua, with the italics as Weiß-Kursiv, being better known as Weiss Roman. This specimen sheet of Kursiv/Initials is printed on beautiful paper and shows the typeface at 42pt, 54pt and 66pt. Interestingly it announces, in red, that the character G is furnished upon request.
The sheet is in a folder, issued to contain separate leaflets, was issued by the Foundry's British agents Soldans Ltd of London. It shows the Third Series, III, issued in c1935 - thanks to Florian!
Weiss Initials - Series III : specimen sheet issued by the Bauer Type Foundry, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland : c.1935
The Weiss family of typefaces, named after the designer Emil Rudolf Weiß, was issued by Bauer in 1928 and was originally known as Weiß-Antiqua, with the italics as Weiß-Kursiv, being better known as Weiss Roman. This specimen sheet of Kursiv/Initials is printed on beautiful paper and shows the typeface at 42pt, 54pt and 66pt. Interestingly it announces, in red, that the character G is furnished upon request.
The sheet is in a folder, issued to contain separate leaflets, was issued by the Foundry's British agents Soldans Ltd of London. It shows the Third Series, III, issued in c1935 - thanks to Florian!