The name may have reflected the "primitive" feel of sans-serifs, or their roots in archaic Greek and Roman inscriptions, and by the late nineteenth century was commonly used to mean "sans-serif", without negative implication. It was introduced by the London type-founder William Thorowgood as the name for sans-serifs in the specimen books of his Fann Street Foundry around 1830. Grotesque (German: Grotesk) was a standard term that had become popular in the first half of the nineteenth century for sans-serifs. The origin of the word is Latin accidentia, defined by Lewis and Short as "that which happens, a casual event, a chance". A modern German-language dictionary describes it as work such as advertisements and forms. Both words were everyday, descriptive terms for typefaces of the time in the German language.Īkzidenz means some occasion or event (in the sense of "something that happens", not in the sense of a high-class social event or occasion) and was therefore used as a term for trade printing Akzidenzschrift was by the 1870s a generic term meaning typefaces intended for these uses. EtymologyĪkzidenz-Grotesk is often translated into English as "jobbing sans-serif", "jobbing" in the sense of "used for jobs". It has sometimes been sold as Standard or Basic Commercial in English-speaking countries, and a variety of digital versions have been released by Berthold and other companies. Its simple, neutral design has also influenced many later typefaces. Relatively little-known for a half-century after its introduction, it achieved iconic status in the post-war period as the preferred typeface of many Swiss graphic designers in what became called the 'International' or 'Swiss' design style which became popular across the Western world in the 1950s and 1960s. Originating during the late nineteenth century, Akzidenz-Grotesk belongs to a tradition of general-purpose, unadorned sans-serif types that had become dominant in German printing during the nineteenth century.
"Akzidenz" indicates its intended use as a typeface for commercial print runs such as publicity, tickets and forms, as opposed to fine printing, and "grotesque" was a standard name for sans-serif typefaces at the time. Akzidenz-Grotesk is a sans-serif typeface family originally released by the Berthold Type Foundry of Berlin.
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For the free version, check out Dafont Free. The formats available include PostScript OTF and TrueType TTF. Purchase the entire font family from Berthold Types. Don’t be afraid to experiment with italics, serifs, or even retro typefaces. With its uncomplicated, straightforward nature, Akzidenz-Grotesk makes a perfect pairing for fun fonts. Proportions such as looser spacing at smaller text sizes were a nod to old practices of designing and engraving metal type. This is seen in the folded-up apertures of letters such as ‘a’ and ‘c’.
Modern type designers liken these letterforms to the Didone serif fonts that were standard in the 19th Century. The absence of adornment and flourishes seen in more decorative types of the late 19th Century gives it a sense of simplicity. Akzidenz-Grotesk CharacteristicsĪs with most sans serifs, Akzidenz-Grotesk has all letter strokes of similar width, making it “ monoline” in structure.
Several other fonts AG Light Italic, Super Italic, Light Condensed, Condensed, Medium Condensed, Extrabold Italic, Light Extended Italic, Extended Italic and Medium Extended Italic were added to the typeface family in 2001.īerthold AG exclusively offers Akzidenz-Grotesk up to this day. This meant a larger character set while keeping the characteristics of the 1898 letters.īerthold added AG Medium Italic (1963), AG ExtraBold (1966), AG Italic (1967), AG ExtraBold & Italic (1968), and AG Super (1968). In the 1950s, Berthold’s then-art director Günter Gerhard Lange started a project to enlarge the typeface family. The Theinhardt Foundry later merged with Berthold and supplied the regular, medium, and bold weights. The design originated from Royal Grotesk light by Ferdinand Theinhardt.
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