Designed at Wagner & Schmidt [Reichardt] and registered by
Böttger as Isolde in 1914. [VdS] Cast by Klinkhardt as
Isolde in 1914 [Reichardt 2011] and later available from H.
Berthold, Gebr. Arndt, J. John.
[Wetzig 1926–40] See also Isolde halbfett (1921).
The same design, under different names and sometimes with slight
changes, was also available from many other foundries, including
Zierschrift Ossi (L. Wagner), Athenas (Funtimod),
Calipso (Nebiolo), Cleo (Haas, c.1926),
Margarete (C.E. Weber), Médicis (Boudin,
D&P), Mirabelle (Schriftguss/J.D. Trennert),
Linnéa (Berling), and Napoli
(Fondografica). [Reichardt 2011] Royalty
by Gans is a closely related design with a number of changes incl.
a top serif on ‘b’ and ‘u’ and base serifs on ‘m’.
Digital interpretations include Monte Carlo Script NF by Nick Curtis
(Nick’s Fonts, 2002; based on Médicis as seen in a
Deberny & Peignot catalog, used for sample), More…
Designed at Wagner & Schmidt [Reichardt] and registered by Böttger as Isolde in 1914. [VdS] Cast by Klinkhardt as Isolde in 1914 [Reichardt 2011] and later available from H. Berthold, Gebr. Arndt, J. John. [Wetzig 1926–40] See also Isolde halbfett (1921).
The same design, under different names and sometimes with slight changes, was also available from many other foundries, including Zierschrift Ossi (L. Wagner), Athenas (Funtimod), Calipso (Nebiolo), Cleo (Haas, c.1926), Margarete (C.E. Weber), Médicis (Boudin, D&P), Mirabelle (Schriftguss/J.D. Trennert), Linnéa (Berling), and Napoli (Fondografica). [Reichardt 2011] Royalty by Gans is a closely related design with a number of changes incl. a top serif on ‘b’ and ‘u’ and base serifs on ‘m’.
Digital interpretations include Monte Carlo Script NF by Nick Curtis (Nick’s Fonts, 2002; based on Médicis as seen in a Deberny & Peignot catalog, used for sample), Emily by Sylvia and Daniel Janssen (T-26, 2003), and, most successfully, Carabelle by Michael Hochleitner (Typejockeys, 2014; based on Calipso).
