An alphabet (Aa–Zz plus exclamation mark) designed by Alex
Stocker and Hans Gruber and reproduced in the first volume of
Lettera (1954) under the name Zürich.
Photoscript showed an “exclusive” phototype
adaptation as Trends Titling, with added numerals,
punctuation glyphs, and wide alternates for ‘f’ and ‘t’.
[Photoscript 1970] Lettergraphics had one named Astrid.[Lettergraphics 1970] Shown by
Castcraft as “Aggie (similar to Astrid Solid)”.
[Castcraft 1978]
Digital versions include OPTI Aggie Solid
(Castcraft, 1990) and URW Aggie (URW++, 1995). The
former includes the original narrow forms for ‘f’ and ‘t’ as
alternates. Lucas Liccini made a private digitization in 2020 as
part of his Revivals &
Renditions student project at UdK Berlin. Another
digital interpretation titled Zug
Etc by Nazareno Crea and Alberto Malossi is shown in
Shoplifters More…
An alphabet (Aa–Zz plus exclamation mark) designed by Alex Stocker and Hans Gruber and reproduced in the first volume of Lettera (1954) under the name Zürich.
Photoscript showed an “exclusive” phototype adaptation as Trends Titling, with added numerals, punctuation glyphs, and wide alternates for ‘f’ and ‘t’. [Photoscript 1970] Lettergraphics had one named Astrid.[Lettergraphics 1970] Shown by Castcraft as “Aggie (similar to Astrid Solid)”. [Castcraft 1978]
Digital versions include OPTI Aggie Solid (Castcraft, 1990) and URW Aggie (URW++, 1995). The former includes the original narrow forms for ‘f’ and ‘t’ as alternates. Lucas Liccini made a private digitization in 2020 as part of his Revivals & Renditions student project at UdK Berlin. Another digital interpretation titled Zug Etc by Nazareno Crea and Alberto Malossi is shown in Shoplifters #10: “New Type Design Vol. 2” (with the original misattributed to Walter Haettenschweiler).
