Claimed by the Gustav Reinhold foundry (Berlin, 1889–1893) as
their original design. Comes with an alternate ‘g’ and a number of
add-on swashes and underlines [undated
specimen]. Linotype
credits Kalligraphia to Otto Weisert, but that appears
to be a mix-up with an unrelated
design of the same name made around 1901.
Cast by Kloberg in c. 1897 as
Reclameschrift Kalligraphia. Latter carried by
Berthold who acquired both Kloberg and Reinhold. In 1895, Berthold
extended the term of copyright which was first registered by
Reinhold in July 1892. [Reichsanzeiger]
This design or similar ones were sold by many other foundries
under various names, incl. Berling/Lehmann (as
Kalligraphia), Roos & Junge/L. Wagner/Lettergieterij
Amsterdam/Numrich/Stempel (as
Reklame-Kursiv), Trennert (as Favorit),
Enschedé (as Fantaisies Cursijv Serie 9), Società Augusta (as
Vulcano), Gans (as
Ronda Universal). [Reichardt 2011] Série 18
(Ollière & Cie) is a slightly heavier wood type adaptation
[1915
specimen].
For a slightly narrower design with less ornate capitals and
simpler ascenders for ‘bdhk’, see Reklame-Kursiv. For a lighter variant, see
Merkur. See also the vaguely related
Wodan (Schelter & Giesecke, 1894).
Revived by Photo-Lettering [PLINC 1965], Berthold Fototypes (as
Calligraphia) [More…
Claimed by the Gustav Reinhold foundry (Berlin, 1889–1893) as their original design. Comes with an alternate ‘g’ and a number of add-on swashes and underlines [undated specimen]. Linotype credits Kalligraphia to Otto Weisert, but that appears to be a mix-up with an unrelated design of the same name made around 1901.
Cast by Kloberg in c. 1897 as Reclameschrift Kalligraphia. Latter carried by Berthold who acquired both Kloberg and Reinhold. In 1895, Berthold extended the term of copyright which was first registered by Reinhold in July 1892. [Reichsanzeiger]
This design or similar ones were sold by many other foundries under various names, incl. Berling/Lehmann (as Kalligraphia), Roos & Junge/L. Wagner/Lettergieterij Amsterdam/Numrich/Stempel (as Reklame-Kursiv), Trennert (as Favorit), Enschedé (as Fantaisies Cursijv Serie 9), Società Augusta (as Vulcano), Gans (as Ronda Universal). [Reichardt 2011] Série 18 (Ollière & Cie) is a slightly heavier wood type adaptation [1915 specimen].
For a slightly narrower design with less ornate capitals and simpler ascenders for ‘bdhk’, see Reklame-Kursiv. For a lighter variant, see Merkur. See also the vaguely related Wodan (Schelter & Giesecke, 1894).
Revived by Photo-Lettering [PLINC 1965], Berthold Fototypes (as Calligraphia) [Berthold 1974], Lettergraphics (as Graphia) [Lettergraphics 1968–1975], Letraset [Letraset 1980], and others. Armin Haab and Walter Haettenschweiler drew a “redesigned and completed” (but faithful) version before 1968. [Lettera 3]
Digitizations by URW (previously named Kelvin), Scangraphic, Elsner+Flake, Linotype, SoftMaker (also as Karin). SoftMaker’s is poorly spaced, but is the only one to feature the original ‘xzXZ7’ with crossbar. E+F’s has the original descending ‘7’, but without crossbar.
