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AKZIDENZ
GROTESK
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz .,;:?!-’&£
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
What we currently know as the modern Akzidenz-Grotesk
designed by Dragos Gh. Roman ©2016 all rights reserved
(AG) typeface can be traced back to 1898 and Austrian
type-cutter Ferdinand Theinhardt. Originally conceptualized
as a series unrelated typefaces commissioned for the journals
of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, AG would only Akzidenz-Grotesk Extended
be released for commercial use after the end of the First
World War and the fall of the Prussian Empire. 1
In 1908 Theinhardt’s type foundry was taken over by
Hermann Berthold, whose company still holds the rights to
the AG typeface family. In the 1950s Berthold art director
Günter Gerhard Lange began a project to enlarge the
typeface family, adding a larger character set, such as AG
Medium Italic, AG ExtraBold, AG Italic, AG ExtraBold
Condensed & Italic, AG Super. 2
Under the direction of Lange, Berthold released AkzidenzGrotesk in OpenType format in 2006, under the name
Akzidenz-Grotesk Pro, and added matching Cyrillic and
Greek characters the very next year. 3
Akzidenz-Grotesk Medium
Akzidenz-Grotesk Super
Grotesque
Occasionally confused with Helvetica, Akzidenz differs from the Swiss typeface in a few
crucial points, one of it being AG’s slightly larger x-height - a typical attribute of early
grotesque sans-serifs. Other characteristics of grotesque typefaces include modular stroke
(as seen in the letter “s” above) and fairly geometrical shaped letters, however upon closer
inspection of the letter “o” you would find the counter space of the letter is actually an
elongated oval.
Featured on the logos of major companies and also adopted as the typeface of the New
York subway system, Akzidenz-Grotesk is a timeless classic type family that will probably
never go out of style.
1
Berthold Types Official Website
http://www.bertholdtypes.com/font/akzidenz-grotesk/proplus/
2
Gerhard Lange Biography - MyFonts
http://www.myfonts.com/person/G%C3%BCnter_Gerhard_Lange/?details
3
Akzidenz-Grotesk Goes Digital
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/links/news.aspx?NID=5786
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