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Aurora Grotesk
An expert discussion on the metal origins and digital grandchildren of Aurora Grotesk. I summarize. The original seems to date back to the Johannes Wagner Foundry (1912), but Paul Barnes points out that the same typeface appears under a multiple of names in the Handbuch der Schriftarten, 1926: - Akzidenz-Grotesk, Breite fette, Haas'sche Schriftgießerei
- Aurora Grotesk, C.E. Weber (12 styles; scan by Ulrich Stiehl)
- Edel-Grotesk, Fette, Ludwig Wagner
- Favorit-Grotesk, Otto Weisert
- Klassische Grotesk, Breite fette, J. D. Trennert&Sohn
- Koloß, Breite, J. John Söhne, Hamburg
- Krupp-Hallo, Wagner&Schmidt and then Ludwig&Mayer
- Progreß-Grotesk, C. E. Weber
- Siegfried-Grotesk, D. Stempel
- Venus-Grotesk, Breite fette, Bauersche Gießerei
On the digital side, in chronological order: - Swiss 939, aka AuroraBT Bold Condensed and AuroraBT Roman Condensed (between 1990 and 1999): two narrow Aurora styles by Bitstream (see also Uli Stiehl's charts).
- Reservoir Grunge (1999, free font by Zeta Fonts, South Africa).
- Annonce (2006, Canada Type) by Hans van Maanen.
- Dada Grotesk (2007, Optimo) by Alexandre Dimos and Gaël Étienne (deValence).
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