Tip-Top or Tip-Top Reklameschrift was
first cast in 1902 by Klinkhardt, Leipzig. [Reichardt 2011] Reproduced in
Schriften-Atlas. Neue Folge. [Petzendorfer 1905]
Phototype adaptations include
T574 by Lettering
Inc. [Mello],
MP
412 by Headliners, Topper
by Lettergraphics [Lettergraphics 1968–1975], copied as
Mauser [Castcraft 1978], Photoscript’s Teutonia
[Photoscript 1970], PLINC’s
Tip Top [PLINC One Liner 1971], and Berthold’s Tip Top [Berthold 1974]. Also adopted for dry
transfer lettering by Letraset in 1972,
with a conventional ‘T’ [Letraset 1976], and by Formatt, with
two forms for ‘T’. [Formatt 1974] Reproduced in Lettera
3 [Lettera 3] and in Solo’s
Art Nouveau Display Alphabets.
Marcela Varela and Laura Lazzaretti of Estudio Hache created an
all-caps sans-serif version as custom alphabet for Argentine brand
Ceramicol S.A. [Kracoff &
Kliczkowski 1991]
Victory Initials is an all-caps variant decorated
with stars and stripes. [Solo
1994]
There is a freebie digitization by Petra Heidorn (Tip
Top, 2004) and Ralph More…
Tip-Top or Tip-Top Reklameschrift was first cast in 1902 by Klinkhardt, Leipzig. [Reichardt 2011] Reproduced in Schriften-Atlas. Neue Folge. [Petzendorfer 1905]
Phototype adaptations include T574 by Lettering Inc. [Mello], MP 412 by Headliners, Topper by Lettergraphics [Lettergraphics 1968–1975], copied as Mauser [Castcraft 1978], Photoscript’s Teutonia [Photoscript 1970], PLINC’s Tip Top [PLINC One Liner 1971], and Berthold’s Tip Top [Berthold 1974]. Also adopted for dry transfer lettering by Letraset in 1972, with a conventional ‘T’ [Letraset 1976], and by Formatt, with two forms for ‘T’. [Formatt 1974] Reproduced in Lettera 3 [Lettera 3] and in Solo’s Art Nouveau Display Alphabets.
Marcela Varela and Laura Lazzaretti of Estudio Hache created an all-caps sans-serif version as custom alphabet for Argentine brand Ceramicol S.A. [Kracoff & Kliczkowski 1991]
Victory Initials is an all-caps variant decorated with stars and stripes. [Solo 1994]
There is a freebie digitization by Petra Heidorn (Tip Top, 2004) and Ralph M. Unger’s commercial Tip Top Pro (profonts, 2008), later renamed to TipTop.
Fernando Mello’s Top-Tip Metal (Font FM, 2021, unreleased as of Jan. 2025) is a digital interpretation based on the lettering on the shopfront of Café Floresta, São Paulo.
