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URW Antrax Font
Atrax by URWDesigned by Heinrich Jost, released by Bauer in 1926. No lowercase. Issued in digital form by The Font Company and URW (1995, used for sample) with faux small caps. Photo-Lettering, Inc.’s Atrax series lumped together three different German typefaces from the 1920s under one name, Atrax, Ege-Schrift, and Basalt. Their digitized Atrax is the style…
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URW Cassandra Plus Font
Cassandra by Wiescher-DesignCassandra Plus is a display sans and art deco font family. This typeface has five styles and was published by Wiescher-Design. FoundryWiescher-Design DesignerGert Wiescher Release Date2012
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URW Art Gothic Font
Art Gothic by URWDesigned by Gustav F. Schroeder and released by Central in 1885. It appears on the cover of Superior Printer as shown in the book Typology and dated by the book’s authors in the 1870s, but other sources say the magazine was not published until 1887 so this date is likely too…
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URW Bauhaus 93 Font
Bauhaus 93 by URWBauhaus 93 is a decorative font with simple geometric forms and even strokes that give the font a clean and distinctive look. This version is licensed from URW++ and is compatible with the version that Microsoft included in versions of Microsoft Office and Publisher. FoundryURW Type Foundry…
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URW Fette Fraktur Font
Fette Fraktur by URWA standard design first cut by Johann Christian Bauer in 1850 as Neue fette Fraktur [Helzel]. Available from most German foundries in the late 19th and early 20th century, in numerous hardly distinguishable versions, often simply named Fette Fraktur. See also Normal-Fraktur. Among digital versions, Linotype’s version (shown) has the “latinized”…
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URW Alte Schwabacher Font
Alte Schwabacher by URWA generic entry for the style of Schwabacher that evolved around 1650 [Kapr]. Often named Alte Schwabacher to distinguish it from Neue Schwabacher. Versions of this style were carried by most German foundries. C.F. Rühl had a version of note that was later continued by Berthold. In 1926, various interpretations with different…
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URW Britannic Font
Britannic by URWBritannic is a retro and decorative sans originally designed by Stephenson Blake. The complete family contains 6 unique and very interesting type designs. FoundryURW Type Foundry DesignerStephenson Blake Release Date1901
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URW BLT Font
BTS by URWDesigned by Dextor in 1994, URW Software, Copyright 1994 by URW FoundryURW Type Foundry DesignerDextor D. Release Date1994
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URW Avernus Font
Avernus by URWDesigned by Phil Martin in 1972, Avernus is a fashionable and retro sans-serif typeface design. Avernus contains language support for West, East, Turkish, Baltic, and Romanian. FoundryURW Type Foundry DesignerPhil Martin Release Date1972
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URW Bardi Font
Altrincham by URWDesigned by Dr. Alfred Tilp, Barde is a striking, moderately dynamic design suitable for many different typographic tasks. Its individual ductus is inspired by handwriting, however without calligraphic embellishment. There are no serifs but tiny endings which lead to think of wood-carving. FoundryURW Type Foundry DesignerDr. Alfred Tilp…
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URW Eckmann Font
Eckmann by URWDesigned by Otto Eckmann and cast by Rudhard’sche Gießerei (from 1906: Gebr. Klingspor) in 1900. Known as Eckmann, Eckmann-Type, or Eckmann-Schrift. Comes with alternates for ‘DHIT’. A bold weight was added in 1902 [Seemann] and a licht (outlined) before 1907. [Klimsch] Accompanied by ornaments (Eckmann-Schmuck) and initials. Described…
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URW Devinne Ornament Font
Devinne Ornament by URWDesigned by Nicholas J. Werner in 1893, Devinne Ornament is a decorative serif font release by URW. Contains language support for West, East, Turkish, Baltic, and Romanian. FoundryURW Type Foundry DesignerNicholas J. Werner Release Date1893