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Berthold first published Akzidenz-Grotesk in 1898. Originally named “Accidenz-Grotesk” the design originates from Royal Grotesk light by royal type-cutter Ferdinand Theinhardt. The Theinhardt foundry later merged with Berthold and also supplied the regular, medium and bold weights.
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. 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).
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Lange was instrumental in developing the Akzidenz-Grotesk program at Berthold in the 1950s and 1960s. 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.
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Akzidenz-Grotesk is a grotesque which is earlier named as sans-serif typeface originally released by the Berthold Type Foundry in 1896 under the name Accidenz-Grotesk. Akzidenz-Grotesk is one of the first sans-serif typefaces to be widely used, its design influence many later designs, especially many neo-grotesque typefaces released after 1950. The word Akzidenz means a ‘trade’ type for commercial use. It was sometimes sold as Standard or Basic Commercial in the USA.
The design concept of Akzidenz-Grotesk comes from Walbaum or Didot, as demonstrated by the similar font metrics when the serifs are removed. Whatever, Akzidenz-Grotesk’s hot metal type family included fonts made a range of foundries to slightly different designs, such as the c. 1880 typeface Royal Grotesk Light from the Berlin foundry Ferdinand Theinhardt Schriftgiesserei, designed by Ferdinand Theinhardt for the scientific publications of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin.
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