This entry is for the extended styles of light (1918) and medium
(1914) weight from a typeface series that originated at the Leipzig
punchcutting company Wagner & Schmidt. [Kupferschmid
& Müller] For the bold extended style (Edel-Grotesk
fett), see Annonce / Aurora-Grotesk V.
Available from various foundries under different names. Sold as
Edel-Grotesk mager/halbfett (Ludwig
Wagner, Johannes
Wagner), Lessing-Grotesk
mager/halbfett (Norddeutsche Schriftgießerei), and
Aurora-Grotesk breitmager VI/breithalbfett
VII (Weber). Also known as
Akzidenz-Grotesk breit mager/halbfett (Haas),
Uranus/Merkur (Schriftguss), Handels-Grotesk
mager/kräftig (Kloberg, later Berthold), Elite-Grotesk breit
mager/breithalbfett (Poppelbaum), Klassische Grotesk breit/breit
halbfett (Trennert), Favorit-Grotesk
breitmager/breithalbfett (Weisert), Viktoria-Grotesk fein/halbfett
(John),
Doria-Grotesk breitmager/breithalbfett
(Karl
Brendler), Grotesca moderna fina/seminegra
(Fundición Tipográfica Nacional), Narciso chiara
larga/neretta larga (Nebiolo), Baccarat cienki/połgruby
(Idźkowski/Warszawska), Ronsard Light
Extended/Extended (Warnery), Scania grotesk bred mager/bred
halvfet (Berling) [Wetzig 1926–40] [Reichardt 2011]. There was
a Cyrillic version.
Phototype adaptations are shown in PLINC’s One Line
(1971, Edel Grotesque Light Ext./Bold Ext.),
Berthold’s E1 (1974,
Aurora-Grotesk breitmager/breithalbfett; in the E3
from 1982 with Johannes
Wagner credit) and a c. 1970s
Typeshop catalog (Aurora
breitmager/breithalbfett).
Digitized as CG
Gothic ExtraLight Extended. See also the grunged
Modernista FA as well as Baccarat New FA and Sztos which are all based on
Baccarat.
Series: regular-wide More…
This entry is for the extended styles of light (1918) and medium (1914) weight from a typeface series that originated at the Leipzig punchcutting company Wagner & Schmidt. [Kupferschmid & Müller] For the bold extended style (Edel-Grotesk fett), see Annonce / Aurora-Grotesk V.
Available from various foundries under different names. Sold as Edel-Grotesk mager/halbfett (Ludwig Wagner, Johannes Wagner), Lessing-Grotesk mager/halbfett (Norddeutsche Schriftgießerei), and Aurora-Grotesk breitmager VI/breithalbfett VII (Weber). Also known as Akzidenz-Grotesk breit mager/halbfett (Haas), Uranus/Merkur (Schriftguss), Handels-Grotesk mager/kräftig (Kloberg, later Berthold), Elite-Grotesk breit mager/breithalbfett (Poppelbaum), Klassische Grotesk breit/breit halbfett (Trennert), Favorit-Grotesk breitmager/breithalbfett (Weisert), Viktoria-Grotesk fein/halbfett (John), Doria-Grotesk breitmager/breithalbfett (Karl Brendler), Grotesca moderna fina/seminegra (Fundición Tipográfica Nacional), Narciso chiara larga/neretta larga (Nebiolo), Baccarat cienki/połgruby (Idźkowski/Warszawska), Ronsard Light Extended/Extended (Warnery), Scania grotesk bred mager/bred halvfet (Berling) [Wetzig 1926–40] [Reichardt 2011]. There was a Cyrillic version.
Phototype adaptations are shown in PLINC’s One Line (1971, Edel Grotesque Light Ext./Bold Ext.), Berthold’s E1 (1974, Aurora-Grotesk breitmager/breithalbfett; in the E3 from 1982 with Johannes Wagner credit) and a c. 1970s Typeshop catalog (Aurora breitmager/breithalbfett).
Digitized as CG Gothic ExtraLight Extended. See also the grunged Modernista FA as well as Baccarat New FA and Sztos which are all based on Baccarat.
Series: regular-wide uprights | bold extended | light/medium extended | compressed | bold condensed | extrabold condensed | italics | open.
