Designed at Wagner & Schmidt in 1911 in two weights plus
italics. Cast by many foundries under different names, incl.
Böttger, Klinkhardt and later Berthold (as
Lipsia-Antiqua), Tech (as
Neuzeit-Antiqua), Amsterdam (as Amstel),
Boudin (as Excelsior), Zanker (as Losunger
Antiqua), Hoffmeister and later Stempel (as
Neuklassisch), Schriftguss and Trennert (as
Noblesse), Augusta and later Nebiolo (as
Radio, with a fifth litografico style),
C.E. Weber (as
Regent-Antiqua), John (as
Rekord-Antiqua), Haas (as Moderne
Renaissance), Kloberg (as Antiqua Minerva), and
Slévárna (as Moderni Antikva). Not all foundries had
all four styles. [Reichardt 2011] [Wetzig 1926–40]
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Designed at Wagner & Schmidt in 1911 in two weights plus italics. Cast by many foundries under different names, incl. Böttger, Klinkhardt and later Berthold (as Lipsia-Antiqua), Tech (as Neuzeit-Antiqua), Amsterdam (as Amstel), Boudin (as Excelsior), Zanker (as Losunger Antiqua), Hoffmeister and later Stempel (as Neuklassisch), Schriftguss and Trennert (as Noblesse), Augusta and later Nebiolo (as Radio, with a fifth litografico style), C.E. Weber (as Regent-Antiqua), John (as Rekord-Antiqua), Haas (as Moderne Renaissance), Kloberg (as Antiqua Minerva), and Slévárna (as Moderni Antikva). Not all foundries had all four styles. [Reichardt 2011] [Wetzig 1926–40]
Rekord Antiqua (RMU, 2020) is a digital revival.
