Designed by Paul Renner for D. Stempel AG in 1928 [Reichardt/Hoefer]. Comes in three widths (see Plak Condensed & Extra Condensed). In his chronicle about Stempel, Reichardt suggests Plak was a poster companion to the foundry’s Neuzeit-Grotesk. Made as poster type only, in sizes ranging from 72 to 624pt [Burke]. A Stempel leaflet mentions that Plak was available in sizes up to 40 cicero in wood and from 8 to 20 cicero in synthetic resin.

Digitized by Linotype. Redesigned and expanded by Monotype as Neue Plak in April 2018. See also Out of the Dark’s Plakat (2013).