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Analysing the Context | Which were the most influential periods in history?

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Futura

Typegraphics — August, 2013

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Breakdown of typefaces by cultural movement in a specific country

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Click on the bars to see a list of the most relevant typefaces created in a specific decade.

Take a look to the most important German type designers.

Blackletters

Serif typefaces

Sans serif typefaces

1900

1909

1910

1919

1920

1929

1930

1939

1940

1949

1950

1959

1960

1969

1970

1979

1980

1989

1990

1999

SERIF TYPEFACES

SANS SERIF TYPEFACES

GOTHIC TYPEFACES

Koloss

(1924) Jakob Erbar

Universal

(1925) Herbert Bayer

Futura Black

(1926) J. Albers/P. Renner

Kabel

(1927) Rudolf Koch

Erbar

(1927) Jakob Erbar

Futura

(1927) Paul Renner

Plak

(1928) Paul Renner

Neuzeit Grotesk

(1928) Wilhelm C. Pischner

Aurora

(1928) Wagner Company

Geschribene Grotesk-Initialen

(1929) Rudolf Koch

Bernhard Gothic

(1929) Lucian Bernhard

Lucian Bernhard

(1929) Lucian Bernhard

Tschichold

(1929) Jan Tschichold

Verona

(1924) Robert Wiebking

Weiss

(1926) Emil Rudolf Weiss

Bauer Bodoni

(1926) Heinrich Jost

Deutsche Zierschrift

(1921) Rudolf Koch

Deutsche Schrift

(1921) Rudolf Koch

Deutsche Anzeigenschrift

(1924) Rudolf Koch

Wilhelm Klingspor Gotisch

(1926) Rudolf Koch

1920-1929

SERIF TYPEFACES

SANS SERIF TYPEFACES

BLACKLETTERS

Iwan Reschniev

(1930) Jan Tschichold

Transito

(1931) Jan Tschichold

Alberto

(1938) Berthold Wolpe

Bodoni

(1930) Berthold Foundry

City

(1930) Georg Trump

Memphis

(1930) Rudolf Wolf

Beton

(1931) Heinrich Jost

Schneidler

(1936) Ernst Schneidler

Jessen

(1930) Rudolf Koch

Wallau

(1934) Rudolf Koch

Claudius

(1934) Rudolf Koch

Neufraktur

(1934) Rudolf Koch

1930-1939

1900-1909

SANS SERIF TYPEFACES

Kunstler Grotesk

(1900)

DIN 1451

(1905) Linotype

Venus

(1907) URW

Block Berthold

(1908) Heinz Hoffmann

Berliner Grotesk

(1908) Heinz Hoffmann

1910-1919

SERIF TYPEFACES

SANS SERIF TYPEFACES

Longina

(1910)

Urania

(1910)

Lapidar

(1910)

Blockschrift

(1910)

Botha

(1910)

Elephant

(1910)

Advertisers Gothic

(1917) Robert Wiebking

Artcraft Roman

(1912) Robert Wiebking

SERIF TYPEFACES

SANS SERIF TYPEFACES

Uthertype

(1941) Jan Tschichold

Anzeign Grotesk

(1943) Hass Type Foundry

Renner Antiqua

(1940) Paul Renner

Palatino

(1948) Hermann Zapf

1940-1949

SERIF TYPEFACES

SANS SERIF TYPEFACES

Steile Futura

(1953) Paul Renner

Folio

(1957) W. Baum/K. F. Bauer

Optima

(1958) Hermann Zapf

Melior

(1952) Hermann Zapf

Aldus

(1954) Hermann Zapf

Dante

(1955) Hans Mardersteig

1950-1959

SERIF TYPEFACES

SANS SERIF TYPEFACES

Akzidenz Grotesk Book

(1969) G. Gerhard Lange

Sabon

(1964) Jan Tschichold

1960-1969

SANS SERIF TYPEFACES

Maxima

(1970) Gert Wunderlich

Berliner Grotesk

(1979) Erik Spiekermann

1970-1979

SERIF TYPEFACES

SANS SERIF TYPEFACES

Formata

(1980) Bernd Möllenständt

Imago

(1982) G. Gerhard Lange

Laudatio

(1982) Friederich Poppl

Cosmos

(1982) Gustav Jaeger

Delta BQ

(1983) Gustav Jaeger

Barmeno

(1983) Hans Reichel

URW Grotesk T

(1985) Hermann Zapf

Corporate S

(1985) Kurt Weidemann

Rotis

(1988) Otl Aicher

Rotis Semi Sans

(1988) Otl Aicher

Catull

(1982) Gustav Jaeger

Weidemann

(1983) Kurt Weidemann

Corporate

(1985) Kurt Weidemann

Rotis Serif

(1988) Otl Aicher

Golden Type

(1989) URW

1980-1989

SERIF TYPEFACES

SANS SERIF TYPEFACES

Officina Sans

(1990) Erik Spiekermann

Gothic 821

(1990) Heinz Hoffmann

Christiana

(1991) G. Zapf von Hesse