Normal-Grotesk specimen, Haas, c.1954
From the Tholenaar Collection at Letterform Archive.
Normal-Grotesk was released around 1943. It was reworked (see changed shapes here in red) from Haas’ Akzidenz-Grotesk (based on a Wagner & Schmidt design, c.1909). It is not the same as the Berthold Akzidenz-Grotesk, but both designs, along with Französische Grotesk, were models for Neue Haas-Grotesk (later Helvetica). Info from Indra Kupferschmid. See also her history in Helvetica Forever.
Normal-Grotesk specimen, Haas, c.1954
From the Tholenaar Collection at Letterform Archive.
Normal-Grotesk was released around 1943. It was reworked (see changed shapes here in red) from Haas’ Akzidenz-Grotesk (based on a Wagner & Schmidt design, c.1909). It is not the same as the Berthold Akzidenz-Grotesk, but both designs, along with Französische Grotesk, were models for Neue Haas-Grotesk (later Helvetica). Info from Indra Kupferschmid. See also her history in Helvetica Forever.