Designed by Tuvia Aharoni and issued in 1935 in two weights
by Ludwig &
Mayer in Frankfurt as an Hebrew counterpart to Erbar-Grotesk (whose numerals were used).
It was produced exclusively for the newly emerged market in
Mandatory Palestine as part of the Haavara-Transfer
Agreement that was in effect between 1933 and 1939. A new cut
was available from Moshe Spitzer’s Jerusalem Type Foundry. [Ph. Messner]
Digital versions include Aharoni Bold (© 1991–1993
Kivun Computers Ltd., bundled with Microsoft products; with the
Latin part derived from Futura), Aharoni (Shmuel
Guttman, two weights), Aharoni MF (Masterfont, 2003), EF
Aharoni (Elsner+Flake, five weights plus Outline and Shadow
styles), AharoniG (Michal Sahar, Hagilda, 1999, four
weights plus Condensed). [More…
Designed by Tuvia Aharoni and issued in 1935 in two weights by Ludwig & Mayer in Frankfurt as an Hebrew counterpart to Erbar-Grotesk (whose numerals were used). It was produced exclusively for the newly emerged market in Mandatory Palestine as part of the Haavara-Transfer Agreement that was in effect between 1933 and 1939. A new cut was available from Moshe Spitzer’s Jerusalem Type Foundry. [Ph. Messner]
Digital versions include Aharoni Bold (© 1991–1993 Kivun Computers Ltd., bundled with Microsoft products; with the Latin part derived from Futura), Aharoni (Shmuel Guttman, two weights), Aharoni MF (Masterfont, 2003), EF Aharoni (Elsner+Flake, five weights plus Outline and Shadow styles), AharoniG (Michal Sahar, Hagilda, 1999, four weights plus Condensed). [Reichardt/Hoefer]
