Designed in-house at Schelter & Giesecke and issued in six
styles; Schelter-Antiqua with breit (wide, 1905),
Schelter-Kursiv (italic), halbfett (bold), breit fett
(bold wide, 1906), and schmal fett (bold condensed, 1907)
[Reichardt 2011]. Named to honor the
company’s co-founder, Johann Andreas Gottfried Schelter
(1775–1841). Comes with “Gothic” alternates for ‘EMN’ and ligatures
(fitted pairs) for ‘FT’, ‘LT’ ‘TT’. [1912 catalog] By around 1932
the uncial-style ‘d’ was replaced a more conventional shape and it
moved to an alternate position [specimen].
Cast by Brendler as Wiener Antiqua, by Gallico as
Serie Furina, and by Pierallini as Serie
Venezia. Società Nebiolo had the halbfett as
Viterbo [Reichardt 2011]. Carried by Reggiani as
Lucia [1937 specimen].
Accompanied by initials designed by Max
Salzmann, available in monochromatic and bichromatic versions.
[1912
catalog]
Tauchnitz-Antiqua (1905) with halbfett (1906)
is the same design with different forms for
‘dkvwxyAKMRUVWX’ (and probably also ‘Y’), in most
cases replacing curved diagonals with straight ones [1912
catalog]
Leipziger More…
Designed in-house at Schelter & Giesecke and issued in six styles; Schelter-Antiqua with breit (wide, 1905), Schelter-Kursiv (italic), halbfett (bold), breit fett (bold wide, 1906), and schmal fett (bold condensed, 1907) [Reichardt 2011]. Named to honor the company’s co-founder, Johann Andreas Gottfried Schelter (1775–1841). Comes with “Gothic” alternates for ‘EMN’ and ligatures (fitted pairs) for ‘FT’, ‘LT’ ‘TT’. [1912 catalog] By around 1932 the uncial-style ‘d’ was replaced a more conventional shape and it moved to an alternate position [specimen]. Cast by Brendler as Wiener Antiqua, by Gallico as Serie Furina, and by Pierallini as Serie Venezia. Società Nebiolo had the halbfett as Viterbo [Reichardt 2011]. Carried by Reggiani as Lucia [1937 specimen].
Accompanied by initials designed by Max Salzmann, available in monochromatic and bichromatic versions. [1912 catalog]
Tauchnitz-Antiqua (1905) with halbfett (1906) is the same design with different forms for ‘dkvwxyAKMRUVWX’ (and probably also ‘Y’), in most cases replacing curved diagonals with straight ones [1912 catalog]
Leipziger Lateinschrift (1905) with Leipziger Antiqua halbfett (1906) and Leipziger Latein-Kursiv (1910) is a variant of Schelter-Antiqua with a shorter x-height [1912 catalog].
Schelter-Antiqua halbfett, breit fett, and schmal fett as well as Tauchnitz-Antiqua halbfett were available in poster sizes up to 24 cicero (288 pt), with the larger sizes cut from wood [1928 specimen].
Oliver Weiss made a digital revival as WF Schelter Antiqua, released in Dec. 2020 as part of Walden Font Co.’s Art Nouveau Print Shop Vol. 1. Comes in a single style, with the original alternates and ligatures, and extended language support. Used for the sample.
