The design of Kristall Grotesk Now is based on a cut by Wagner & Schmidt, Leipzig, from the 30s of the last century as well as the digital version Kristall Grotesk MdK, created for the Stiftung Werkstattmuseum für Druckkunst. The implementation of the Kristall Grotesk MdK, a headline font, was deliberately created as a replica to create a faithful reproduction of the original. The design of the complete family Kristall Grotesk Now is based on the one cut Kristall Grotesk Buchschrift by Johannes Wagner GmbH, 1937, with its function as a text family.
Designer: in parts Johannes Wagner GmbH, Redesign Elsner+Flake, Hamburg
Designdate: 1937, 2009
Publisher: Elsner+Flake
Design Owner: Elsner+Flake
Original Foundry: in parts Johannes Wagner GmbH
Download Now Server 1 Download Now Server 3 Download Now Server 2 Bodoni Z37 is a twenty-first century Didone typeface with a dynamic range of widths, weights and optical sizes. Stylistically, what really sets it apart from other typefaces in its category are flat sides and a geometric Deco style. Razor thin lines are captivating at large sizes but can be hard to deal with when you get really small. Rather than compromising, Bodoni Z37 was created with three optical sizes: Large (Bodoni Z37 L) with high contrast, fine lines and tight spacing Small (Bodoni Z37 S) with sturdy lines, more generous spacing Medium (Bodoni Z37 M) which is right in-between Bodoni Z37’s cute, curly italics have loose spacing for clarity and emphasis. Lining numerals are kerned and proportionally spaced. There are OpenType fractions, numeric ordinals and old-style (lowercas