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Schriftgiesserei Otto Weisert [Otto Weisert]

Stuttgart-based foundry run by Otto Weisert. Their publications and specimen books have dates between 1875 and 1922. Faces produced there include Nürnberger Buchschrift (ca. 1900), Kaiser-Gotisch (ca. 1900), Brabanter Gotisch (ca. 1900), Moderne fette Schwabacher (ca. 1900), Moderne Halbfette Schwabacher (ca. 1900, digitized by Petra Heidorn in 2005 as Moderne Schwabacher), Wilhelmina Ornamente (1914), Romanisch (1912), DeVinne Antiqua (1912), Giralda Graphik (1934), Cheltenham (1911). Designers:

• Otto Weisert: the Jugendstil-styled Arnold Boecklin (1904), Brabanter Gotisch (1905).
• Ernst Schneidler: Ganz grobe Gotisch (1930).
• Heinrich Wieynck: Wieynck Mediaeval (1928) and Wieynck Mediaeval Kursiv (1929).

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Extinct 20th century foundries ⦿ German type scene ⦿ Bastarda / Bâtarde / Schwabacher ⦿ Art Nouveau typefaces ⦿ Cheltenham ⦿