Foundry: D Stempel AG

  1. DIN Typeface
    Designer: Johannes Erler, Albert-Jan Pool
    The letters DIN refer to the Deutsche Industrie-Norm, the German Industrial Standard; among their many uses, these typefaces are seen…
  2. Memphis Typeface
    Designer: Rudolf Wolf
    Egyptian, or slab serif, typefaces surged to popularity in the early 1800s. Memphis was the first Egyptian revival, designed by…
  3. Glypha Typeface
    Designer: Adrian Frutiger
    Glypha™ Glypha was designed in 1977 and is the condensed extension of Serifa, Frutiger’s slab serif (or Egyptian) design from…
  4. Ariadne Typeface
    Designer: Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse
    Since monks of the 8th century began to compile written works into books, the inital letter, of a word, sentence,…
  5. Diotima Typeface
    Designer: Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse
    Diotima was designed by Gudrun Zapf von Hesse in 1948, the italic even earlier, in 1939. Its roots had been…
  6. Fette Fraktur Typeface
    The C.E. Weber Foundry published a version in 1875, and the D Stempel AG foundry published the version shown at…
  7. Sabon Typeface
    Jan Tschichold's Sabon was originally released in three formats: in 1964 as foundry type by the Stempel and in 1966…
  8. Trajanus Typeface
    Designer: Warren Chappell, Hermann Zapf
    Designed by Warren Chappell c. 1939–40. Inspired by the inscriptional letters on the base of Trajan's Column in Rome. Lowercase is…
  9. Madison Typeface
    Designer: D. Stempel AG, Heinrich Hoffmeister
    Madison Antiqua™ was original released as a metal typeface for hand setting in 1965. The letters were produced by D.…
  10. Syntax Typeface
    Designer: Hans Eduard Meier
    Syntax is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed 1969-72 by the Swiss typeface designer Hans Eduard Meier (born 1922). It is…