Halbfette Kursiv-Grotesk
This typeface, which I reproduce here from J.G. Schelter & Giesecke’s 1912 type specimen catalog, is the italic sans serif design that seemingly every German-language type foundry during the last quarter of the 19th century had in stock.
The 8 pt, 10 pt, and 12 pt sizes were cut by the J.H. Rust & Co. type foundry of Offenbach am Main and Vienna. They showed those sizes in a supplement they bundled with the an 1875 issue of the Journal für Buchdruckerkunst, Schriftgießerei und verwandte Fächer. They called the design Halbfette Cursiv-Grotesque, and had imported the larger sizes they sold from America, extending its range in-house. I cannot retrace whether any or all German-speaking founders got these matrices from Rust (licitly or illicitly) or if they might have gotten at least some sizes from America directly.
See www.typeoff.de/2021/03/halbfette-cursiv-grotesque-a-poten... for more details.
Halbfette Kursiv-Grotesk
This typeface, which I reproduce here from J.G. Schelter & Giesecke’s 1912 type specimen catalog, is the italic sans serif design that seemingly every German-language type foundry during the last quarter of the 19th century had in stock.
The 8 pt, 10 pt, and 12 pt sizes were cut by the J.H. Rust & Co. type foundry of Offenbach am Main and Vienna. They showed those sizes in a supplement they bundled with the an 1875 issue of the Journal für Buchdruckerkunst, Schriftgießerei und verwandte Fächer. They called the design Halbfette Cursiv-Grotesque, and had imported the larger sizes they sold from America, extending its range in-house. I cannot retrace whether any or all German-speaking founders got these matrices from Rust (licitly or illicitly) or if they might have gotten at least some sizes from America directly.
See www.typeoff.de/2021/03/halbfette-cursiv-grotesque-a-poten... for more details.