This entry is for the medium-wide and condensed styles of
Venus, a.k.a. Venus-Grotesk. For the
extended styles, see Venus Extended.
Released by Bauer, 1907–1914 [Reichardt 2011]. The original metal family
spans 14 styles including condensed and extended weights (this
overview
lacks only the breit dreiviertelfett, a latecomer
added in 1927).
Aphrodite-Versalien is a complementary caps-only
style. Some of the styles were also cast by other foundries, often
under different names and sometimes with modifications or
extensions, see e.g. Ideal-Grotesk
(Klinkhardt/Berthold), Akzidenz-Grotesk (Haas),
Titania-Grotesk (Genzsch & Heyse, later named
Monument (Genzsch & Heyse) [1963
letter]).
Berthold carried a phototype version that adds
slanted and backslanted styles [Berthold 1974], made for the use in
cartography. See also the slab-serif Venus Egyptienne. Photo-Lettering’s Improvenu (for “improved Venus”?) is a
phototype adaptation distinguished by round dots [PLINC 1965].
Digital versions include URW’s
(six styles, with authentic obliques and one condensed weight) and
Scangraphic’s (four styles incl. two extended
weights). Linotype’s has two weights plus the slanted and
backslanted variations for cartography. The latter was already
shown in Linotype’s 1986 catalog. Accompanied by the seriffed
Venus Egyptienne.
Font
Bureau’s Vonness (2007) is loosely based on
Venus. See also Production Type’s More…
This entry is for the medium-wide and condensed styles of Venus, a.k.a. Venus-Grotesk. For the extended styles, see Venus Extended.
Released by Bauer, 1907–1914 [Reichardt 2011]. The original metal family spans 14 styles including condensed and extended weights (this overview lacks only the breit dreiviertelfett, a latecomer added in 1927). Aphrodite-Versalien is a complementary caps-only style. Some of the styles were also cast by other foundries, often under different names and sometimes with modifications or extensions, see e.g. Ideal-Grotesk (Klinkhardt/Berthold), Akzidenz-Grotesk (Haas), Titania-Grotesk (Genzsch & Heyse, later named Monument (Genzsch & Heyse) [1963 letter]).
Berthold carried a phototype version that adds slanted and backslanted styles [Berthold 1974], made for the use in cartography. See also the slab-serif Venus Egyptienne. Photo-Lettering’s Improvenu (for “improved Venus”?) is a phototype adaptation distinguished by round dots [PLINC 1965].
Digital versions include URW’s (six styles, with authentic obliques and one condensed weight) and Scangraphic’s (four styles incl. two extended weights). Linotype’s has two weights plus the slanted and backslanted variations for cartography. The latter was already shown in Linotype’s 1986 catalog. Accompanied by the seriffed Venus Egyptienne.
Font Bureau’s Vonness (2007) is loosely based on Venus. See also Production Type’s Mars (2018/2021), Luzi Type’s Isola (2023), and Foster Type’s Taurus Grotesk (2023).
