Buchdruckerei Frohburg sign, Wirtschafts-Anzeiger nameplate

Contributed by Ralf H.


Source: www.deutschefotothek.de Johannes Mühler / Deutsche Fotothek. License: Public Domain.

Deutsche Fotothek dates this photograph to “around 1935/1940”.

Historic image of a printing firm’s building in Frohburg, Saxony (Germany). The firm printed newspapers such as Frohburger Wochenblatt and later Wirtschafts-Anzeiger, the latter using Triumph (1929) for its masthead. The signage on the building was created using the same typeface.

Parts of the signage on the landmarked building have survived until today: the word “Buchdruckerei” (print shop), the stylized printers coats of arms, as well as a ceramic relief showing Johannes Gutenberg created by Kurt Feuerriegel.

License: Public Domain.

Nameplate of the Wirtschafts-Anzeiger issue from January 30, 1943. The smaller lines are set in Romana and Nofretete.

This post was originally published at Fonts In Use

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