- #Akzidenz grotesk be bold cn full#
- #Akzidenz grotesk be bold cn pro#
- #Akzidenz grotesk be bold cn series#
Note also that Berthold offers "Postscript OTF" and "TrueType TTF" versions of some of these fonts. Other foundries have different naming conventions.
#Akzidenz grotesk be bold cn pro#
Berthold calls these "Basic" versions, as opposed to Standard (supports Western European languages), Pro (extended support for European languages), and Pro+ (additional orthographies such as Cyrillic and Greek). If you scroll to the bottom of that page on the Berthold site you will find the text that statement, "The BQ and BE OpenType Basic versions Correspond to the Berthold BQ and BE Adobe PostScript Type 1 versions Legacy," which you were (understandably) confused about means: "The versions we call 'OpenType Basic' are just straight conversions of our original Type 1 font files to the OpenType format." In other words, they don't have any OpenType features-such as additional character sets, alternates, etc.-other than Unicode support.įonts are software, so a conversion utility like Fontlab's Transtype can extract the information from an old Postscript Type 1 or TrueType font and repackage it in OpenType format without actually adding anything.
#Akzidenz grotesk be bold cn series#
In 2001 Lange helped Berthold complete the AG series with the additions of AG light italic, Super Italic, light condensed, condensed, medium condensed, extrabold italic, light extended italic, extended italic and medium extended italic. Lange was instrumental in developing the Akzidenz-Grotesk program at Berthold in the 1950s and 1960s. Under the direction of Günter Gerhard Lange, Berthold added AG Medium Italic (1963), AG ExtraBold (1966), AG Italic (1967), AG ExtraBold Condensed & Italic (1968), AG Super (1968). In the 1950s Günter Gerhard Lange, then art director at Berthold, began a project to enlarge the typeface family, adding a larger character set, but retaining all of the idiosyncrasies of the 1898 face. The Theinhardt foundry later merged with Berthold and also supplied the regular, medium and bold weights. Originally named “Accidenz-Grotesk” the design originates from Royal Grotesk light by royal type-cutter Ferdinand Theinhardt. Please, if anyone can help me understand what actually happened, I'd be very happy.īerthold first published Akzidenz-Grotesk in 1898. I tried searching for "Berthold Exklusiv Collection", hoping to find some helpfull information about the font release, although, given the failure of the company, I can not imagine how these exclusive releases were distributed, nor when. Lange's reunion with Berthold was an indispensable element in the continued development of the Berthold Exklusiv Collection and solidifies Berthold's position as a leading, independent type foundry. After 10 years of retirement, Lange Resumed His design activities with Berthold and Became exclusive artistic consultant to Berthold. "Lange retired from Berthold in 1990 yet Remained active in lecturing and teaching typography and design. In addition, here, I read the following:
"The BQ and BE OpenType Basic versions Correspond to the Berthold BQ and BE Adobe PostScript Type 1 versions Legacy." Honestly, I can not understand what it means. Here, clicking on "Package Info" appear this informations: The very first time I saw this font was in the Adobe Font Folio 7.0 pack (1995), but looking on the internet I read that Berthold went bankrupt in 1993 and only many years after the rights were taken by Berthold Types Ltd. I can not find the date on which the font was released for the first time!
#Akzidenz grotesk be bold cn full#
Hello everyone! I'm collecting datas about some fonts, by entering the commercial full name, its designers, the foundry who made it (using the name it had when it released the font, not the name it had before or after its release, in the case where, as often happens, it had changed), and the release date.īerthold Akzidenz-Grotesk BE (I think BE stands for Berthold Exclusive)
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