Because of the typeface being very legible and easy on the readers’ eyes, the publication actually helped made Akzidenz Grotesk famous during those early days. Tracing technology and communication through the history of Akzidenz Groteskįor communication: The initial design of Akzidenz Grotesk is being used in scientific publications by the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences in the 1800s. Years later Max Miedinger redesign it and name it Neue Haas Grotesk, but they change it and called it “ Helvetia” as the female national personification of Switzerland, in order to make it sound better they rename it Helvetica. Helvetica is an evolution of the Akzidenz Grotesk font. The evolution and current use of Akzidenz-GroteskĪkzidenz Grotesk served as the source of inspiration for many other sans-serif fonts such as Helvetica, Univers and Folio, these can be considered valid alternatives. It later got replaced by Helvetica because that font has a J that is easier to distinguish. It was also used for signage in the New York subway system during the seventies. The American Red Cross uses Akzidenz-Grotesk in its logo and as one of its corporate fonts. This adds to the versatility of the font. A wide range of typefaces are available, such as light, extra bold and condensed versions. It is a solid but rather expensive choice for setting body text and head titles. – Most calligraphic of the sans-serif typefaces, with some variation in line width and more legibilityĭespite its age, Akzidenz-Grotesk has a clean and modern look. – Relatively straight in appearance, and have less line width variation than Humanist sans-serif typefaces “Neo-grotesque” or “Transitional” or “Realist” “Gothic” refers to early sans-serif designs, the term was used mainly by American type founders, which probably took inspiration from the architectural definition.įor the purposes of type classification, sans-serif designs can be divided into four major groups:Ģ. It was the forerunner of Helvetica, and it was one of the first sans-serif typeface to be widely used which will go on to influence many later neo-grostesque typefaces.īefore the term “sans-serif” became standard in English typography, a number of other terms had been used. Use of Akzidenz and how it addressed the issue it was made forĪkzidenz was used as a text font in Europe, especially Switzerland. Its transition from foundry type to cold type was successful, bringing about the dissolution of traditional typeset in the digital type era. The Significance of Akzidenz in The History of TypographyĪkzidenz-Grotesk was released by H.Berthold AG type foundry in 1896, one of the largest and most successful type foundries in the world for most of the modern typographic era.
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