Aurora Grotesk

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Aurora Grotesk The original Aurora Grotesk dates back to the Johannes Wagner Foundry (1912), but Paul Barnes points out that the same typeface appears under multiple 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). Now called Aurora Condensed and Aurora Bold Condensed). In the old days, we also had News 706 at Bitstream. Reservoir Grunge (1999: a free font by Frank E. Bailey, South Africa). Annonce (2006, Canada Type) by Hans van Maanen: a revival of the original Aurora Grotesk from Johannes Wagner Foundry (1912). Dada Grotesk (2007, Optimo) by Alexandre Dimos and Gaël Étienne (deValence). Castcraft has Aurora Bold Condensed (like ), Aurora Condensed (like Inserat Grotesk), Aurora Grotesk No8 (like Aurora Condensed and Wotan BoldCond), Aurora Grotesk No9 (like Aurora Condensed and Wotan XBoldCond). Dead link by the Typophiles on this subject.	EXTERNAL LINKS MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Typography ⦿ Choice of fonts ⦿ History of type ⦿ Dadaism ⦿