Schriftproben der Firma C.G. Naumann (1901)

C.G. Naumann is Carl Gustav Naumann, who ran a family printing business in Leipzig.
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C.G. Naumann was a printer in Leipzig. Like most printers, they published a catalog of their fonts.

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The index.

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Left: Altgothisch.

Right: the Victorian faces Atlanta and Washington.

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Left: the grotesque face Columbus.

Right: Erebus, tilted to the left, another Victorian monstrosity.

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Left: Initialen.

Right: a ronde, simply called Rund-Schriften.

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Left: More Victorian era experimentation in Samoa.

Right: Schmale fette Etienne. Note the arrival of the art nouveau era.

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This is Schmale Münstergothisch. Luckily, in the blackletter genre, there is less opportunity to ruin the alphabet...

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Steinschriften, and Verzierte Versalien (ornamental caps).

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Left: More Verzierte Initialen, including Xylographia Initialen.

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Wood type.

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Contact

Luc Devroye
School of Computer Science
McGill University
Montreal, Canada H3A 2K6
lucdevroye@gmail.com
http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc