Originally released with Font Bureau in 1995 as FB Hermes. Moved to the designer’s own label MB Type in 2018, and revised as Hermes Maia. Differences in the new version include a double-story ‘a’, a more conventional ampersand, and different forms for ‘12345’. Comes in six weights, in roman and italic, with small caps for all styles. Various alternates, including for the previous single-story ‘a’ and ampersand.

“Schriftguss and Woellmer called it Hermes; Berthold called it Block.* Heinz Hoffmann’s 1908 design inspired FB Hermes, which evokes the German grotesks that were workhorses of factory printing 100 years ago. Blunt corners suggest the wear and tear of rough presswork. Matthew Butterick created the original styles in 1995. In 2010, he added more weights, italics, and alternate glyphs to expand the family’s versatility.” — Font Bureau, 1995, 2010.
*) Note that Berthold Block and Hermes-Grotesk are distinct (albeit stylistically related) designs.