Designed by Jakob Erbar shortly before his death in 1935 and
released in two weights posthumously in 1936. Walter Höhnisch added
an italic in 1937. All three styles were available in the same year
for the Linotype machine. [Wetzig 1926–40] A reworked version of the
regular was issued in 1945 as Candida Werkschrift. The
series was extended by a schmalhalbfett (bold condensed,
1949) and a fett (extrabold, 1951). [Schriftenkartei 1958–1971] Reichardt
credits the schmalhalbfett as well as a kursiv fett
(extrabold italic) and a schmalmager (condensed) to
Höhnisch, all made in 1957. [Reichardt/Hoefer]
Baltica is an adaptation made at the Polygraphmash
type design bureau in 1951–52 by Vera Chiminova, Isay Slutsker, et
al. [ParaType/MyFonts]
The digital versions by Bitstream/Tilde and Linotype/Adobe span
the 3 core styles. Scangraphic has them in two size-specific
versions each. URW’s add a Stencil D Medium, while Elsner+Flake has
the two condensed weights. More…
Designed by Jakob Erbar shortly before his death in 1935 and released in two weights posthumously in 1936. Walter Höhnisch added an italic in 1937. All three styles were available in the same year for the Linotype machine. [Wetzig 1926–40] A reworked version of the regular was issued in 1945 as Candida Werkschrift. The series was extended by a schmalhalbfett (bold condensed, 1949) and a fett (extrabold, 1951). [Schriftenkartei 1958–1971] Reichardt credits the schmalhalbfett as well as a kursiv fett (extrabold italic) and a schmalmager (condensed) to Höhnisch, all made in 1957. [Reichardt/Hoefer]
Baltica is an adaptation made at the Polygraphmash type design bureau in 1951–52 by Vera Chiminova, Isay Slutsker, et al. [ParaType/MyFonts]
The digital versions by Bitstream/Tilde and Linotype/Adobe span the 3 core styles. Scangraphic has them in two size-specific versions each. URW’s add a Stencil D Medium, while Elsner+Flake has the two condensed weights. OL Candida (Dennis Ortiz-Lopez, 2004) is a single-style revival of the schmalmager (as Medium Condensed). ParaType’s digital Baltica offers the widest range of styles.
