Städtische Sparkasse München savings book

Contributed by Florian Hardwig


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Cover of a savings account passbook issued in 1910 by the Städtische Sparkasse München (“Municipal Savings Bank Munich”), today known as Stadtsparkasse München. The monk-like figure is the Münchner Kindl (“Munich child”) from the city’s coat of arms.

“Sparkasse” and most of the smaller text is set in Aurora, a Jugendstil sans issued by Ludwig & Mayer around 1900. Its round terminals imitate the Quellstift, a monolinear writing tool promoted by Rudolf von Larisch. “Städtische” and “München” are in Woellmer’s Breite halbfette Grotesk@ from around 1892. Zeitungs-Grotesque is used for emphasis.

This post was originally published at Fonts In Use

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