Sheet 3
Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft: Deutsche Schrift, drawn by a Mr. or Ms. “Friedling” in May 1935. One of three sheets. Berlin: Reichsbahndirektion (1935). Private collection (Lars Krüger, Berlin).
This is sheet 3, with 10 numerals, 12 punctuation marks, and one arrow. 93 cm wide × 55 cm high.
These numbers/letters were presumably made by the Deutsche Reichsbahn (the national German train organisation) in 1935, in oder to tell sign-makers what the lettering on signs for trains stations should look like. Several Berlin S-Bahn stations still have signage that includes lettering that might have been made with this design as a guide.
The lettering does not seem to be based on any single fonts of type produced by a typefoundry. But Element – designed by Max Bittrof and published by the Bauer typefoundry of Frankfurt am Main – may have acted as a loose source of inspiration, as this seems closer to Element than to any other typeface.
Sheet 3
Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft: Deutsche Schrift, drawn by a Mr. or Ms. “Friedling” in May 1935. One of three sheets. Berlin: Reichsbahndirektion (1935). Private collection (Lars Krüger, Berlin).
This is sheet 3, with 10 numerals, 12 punctuation marks, and one arrow. 93 cm wide × 55 cm high.
These numbers/letters were presumably made by the Deutsche Reichsbahn (the national German train organisation) in 1935, in oder to tell sign-makers what the lettering on signs for trains stations should look like. Several Berlin S-Bahn stations still have signage that includes lettering that might have been made with this design as a guide.
The lettering does not seem to be based on any single fonts of type produced by a typefoundry. But Element – designed by Max Bittrof and published by the Bauer typefoundry of Frankfurt am Main – may have acted as a loose source of inspiration, as this seems closer to Element than to any other typeface.