This entry is for the bold extended style of a typeface series
that originated at the Leipzig punchcutting company Wagner &
Schmidt in 1914. [Kupferschmid
& Müller] For the light and medium extended styles, see
Edel-Grotesk / Aurora-Grotesk VI–VII.
Available from various foundries under different names. Today
best known under the name Annonce used by Typefoundry Amsterdam, who issued it as Annonce
Antieke in 1913 (?) and again as Vette Annonce
in 1955 [Lane & Lommen 1998].
Venus breit fett (Bauer) is a derivative. Also known as
Edel-Grotesk fett (Ludwig
Wagner, Johannes
Wagner), Lessing-Grotesk fett (Norddeutsche Schriftgießerei), Reklameschrift
Progreß and later Aurora-Grotesk V breitfett
(Weber), Cairoli
tonda nerissima larga (Nebiolo), Akzidenz-Grotesk breitfett
(Haas, later reworked as
Helvetica breitfett), Handels-Grotesk
fett (Kloberg, later Berthold), Siegfried-Grotesk (Stempel), Koloß breit (John),
Klassische Grotesk breit fett (Trennert), Favorit-Grotesk breit
fett (Weisert), Antique double-larges
(Deberny
& Peignot), Baccarat gruby (Warszawska), Mars (Schriftguss), Grotesca moderna negra
(Fundición Tipográfica Nacional), Etruria
nerissima larga (FTC,
with
tailless ‘a’), Lorraine Extra Bold (Triangle), Marocaines (Fonderie
Olive). Ludwig &
Mayer had it as Krupp-Hallo (1914) and later as
Hallo (1956) with added italic, see Hallo-Kursiv. [Wetzig 1926–40] [Reichardt 2011]
Series: regular-wide uprights | bold extended | light/medium extended | compressed | bold
condensed | extrabold condensed | italics | More…
This entry is for the bold extended style of a typeface series that originated at the Leipzig punchcutting company Wagner & Schmidt in 1914. [Kupferschmid & Müller] For the light and medium extended styles, see Edel-Grotesk / Aurora-Grotesk VI–VII.
Available from various foundries under different names. Today best known under the name Annonce used by Typefoundry Amsterdam, who issued it as Annonce Antieke in 1913 (?) and again as Vette Annonce in 1955 [Lane & Lommen 1998]. Venus breit fett (Bauer) is a derivative. Also known as Edel-Grotesk fett (Ludwig Wagner, Johannes Wagner), Lessing-Grotesk fett (Norddeutsche Schriftgießerei), Reklameschrift Progreß and later Aurora-Grotesk V breitfett (Weber), Cairoli tonda nerissima larga (Nebiolo), Akzidenz-Grotesk breitfett (Haas, later reworked as Helvetica breitfett), Handels-Grotesk fett (Kloberg, later Berthold), Siegfried-Grotesk (Stempel), Koloß breit (John), Klassische Grotesk breit fett (Trennert), Favorit-Grotesk breit fett (Weisert), Antique double-larges (Deberny & Peignot), Baccarat gruby (Warszawska), Mars (Schriftguss), Grotesca moderna negra (Fundición Tipográfica Nacional), Etruria nerissima larga (FTC, with tailless ‘a’), Lorraine Extra Bold (Triangle), Marocaines (Fonderie Olive). Ludwig & Mayer had it as Krupp-Hallo (1914) and later as Hallo (1956) with added italic, see Hallo-Kursiv. [Wetzig 1926–40] [Reichardt 2011]
Series: regular-wide uprights | bold extended | light/medium extended | compressed | bold condensed | extrabold condensed | italics | open.
Dry transfer adaptations by Letraset (as Annonce Grotesque, 1960), Mecanorma (as Antique Annonce Bold Extended), and Chartpak (Cairoli). Phototype adaptations are shown in PLINC’s One Line (1971, Annonce Grotesque), Berthold’s E1 (1974, both Annonce fett and Aurora-Grotesk breitfett; in the E3 from 1982 with Typefoundry Amsterdam and Johannes Wagner credits, respectively); and by Typeshop (Annonce vet and Aurora breitfett) [Typeshop c.1977].
Digitized and expanded by Hans van Maanen as Annonce (Canada Type, 2006, with newly added italic, used for sample).
