Cut by Johann Friedrich Unger and Johann Christoph Gubitz in
Berlin in 1794. In 1875, W. Drugulin
and J. Klinkhardt (both in Leipzig)
acquired copies. Klinkhardt cast halbfett (1907),
mager (1906 or 1910, used for the sample), fett
(1915), and licht (open, 1915) styles.
All four styles were reissued by Berthold as
Original-Unger-Fraktur after the company had taken
over Klinkhardt in 1919. Stempel bought matrices from Drugulin in
1919 and cast new type from 1926, adding a halbfett in 1926 or
1928. Schriftguss issued their recutting
Unger-Neuschnitt-Fraktur in two weights in 1928–1929.
Weisert had an Original-Unger-Fraktur (1929). Another
recutting in two weights with many decorative glyphs was issued by
Norddeutsche Schriftgießerei in 1938 as Kabinett-Fraktur. Adopted for the Linotype
(1928, Nr. 8323), the Monotype (Series 205, 277), the Intertype
(Nr. 124), and the Typograph (Nr. 138, 150;
before 1925); all in two weights [Bertheau 1995] [Reichardt/Hoefer] [Wetzig 1926–40]. Julius Nitsche added
Unger-Initialen, a set of initials for one- and
two-color printing, for Klinkhardt [More…
Cut by Johann Friedrich Unger and Johann Christoph Gubitz in Berlin in 1794. In 1875, W. Drugulin and J. Klinkhardt (both in Leipzig) acquired copies. Klinkhardt cast halbfett (1907), mager (1906 or 1910, used for the sample), fett (1915), and licht (open, 1915) styles. All four styles were reissued by Berthold as Original-Unger-Fraktur after the company had taken over Klinkhardt in 1919. Stempel bought matrices from Drugulin in 1919 and cast new type from 1926, adding a halbfett in 1926 or 1928. Schriftguss issued their recutting Unger-Neuschnitt-Fraktur in two weights in 1928–1929. Weisert had an Original-Unger-Fraktur (1929). Another recutting in two weights with many decorative glyphs was issued by Norddeutsche Schriftgießerei in 1938 as Kabinett-Fraktur. Adopted for the Linotype (1928, Nr. 8323), the Monotype (Series 205, 277), the Intertype (Nr. 124), and the Typograph (Nr. 138, 150; before 1925); all in two weights [Bertheau 1995] [Reichardt/Hoefer] [Wetzig 1926–40]. Julius Nitsche added Unger-Initialen, a set of initials for one- and two-color printing, for Klinkhardt [Reichardt/Hoefer] in 1908 [Steffmann].
Digital interpretations by Berthold (1 weight), Gerhard Helzel (3 weights, 1998–2001), Delbanco (DS-Unger, 2 weights, partly identical to Helzel’s), M. Lindenthal (LT Unger-Fraktur, 1 weight), RMU (2 weights). Dieter Steffmann’s Unger-Fraktur Zierbuchstaben (2002) is a digitization of Nitsche’s initials. See also Peter Wiegel’s Kabinett-Fraktur.
