Prisma Graphic / Futura Prisma is a series of
variations on Rudolf Koch’s 1920s multiline typeface
Prisma.
Shown in Photo-Lettering’s Alphabet Directions No. 11 “Art
Deco” (1970) in 11 variants as Futura Prismas.
The One Line catalog (1971) shows 16 all-caps variants
(15 styles named Prisma
Graphic A–R (omitting I, O, P) and the single style
Futura Prisma G) accompanied by another 6 shaded
styles (Futura Prisma Shadow A–F). Prisma
Graphic A stays closest to Koch’s original, but has
8 lines instead of 5. Futura
Prisma G is the same, but closed at the ends.
The Alphabet Yearbook 1977 shows another series
named Futura Prisma, with lowercase, larger counters,
and open ends. Seven styles named A–E, H, L.
Futura Prisma L has five lines of even stroke
width.
Bauhaus Prisma / Prisma Bauhaus is a
related series with More…
Prisma Graphic / Futura Prisma is a series of variations on Rudolf Koch’s 1920s multiline typeface Prisma.
Shown in Photo-Lettering’s Alphabet Directions No. 11 “Art Deco” (1970) in 11 variants as Futura Prismas. The One Line catalog (1971) shows 16 all-caps variants (15 styles named Prisma Graphic A–R (omitting I, O, P) and the single style Futura Prisma G) accompanied by another 6 shaded styles (Futura Prisma Shadow A–F). Prisma Graphic A stays closest to Koch’s original, but has 8 lines instead of 5. Futura Prisma G is the same, but closed at the ends.
The Alphabet Yearbook 1977 shows another series named Futura Prisma, with lowercase, larger counters, and open ends. Seven styles named A–E, H, L. Futura Prisma L has five lines of even stroke width.
Bauhaus Prisma / Prisma Bauhaus is a related series with round forms e.g. for ‘AEMNY’, a half-circle ‘C’, and a two-quarter-circle ‘S’.
At least one style was digitized by Photo-Lettering in 1992 as Prisma Graphic. The all-caps font combines Prisma Graphic R (lowercase, used for sample) and Bauhaus Prisma R (uppercase). No longer available. See also Fools Gold (Bob Alonso, 2007).
