![]() The Super Grotesk is the most widely used font in the GDR. ![]() Numerous printed matter, publications, signs, advertisements, publishers and daily newspapers in the GDR were set in the Super Grotesk, from 1987 in the photo typesetting version by Karl-Heinz Lange. In the GDR, the super grotesque was considered to be a “contemporary and unencumbered grotesque” because the font was not used during the Third Reich. The font family's design is influenced by the Futura, probably also because Arno Drescher and Paul Renner were close friends. In 1951, Schriftguß KG was merged with Polygraph VEB (formerly Schelter & Giesecke, Leipzig) to form VEB Typoart. Origin and useĪrno Drescher designed the typeface in the 1930s as a sans serif sans serif in various weights for Schriftguß KG in Dresden. ![]() Alongside the Maxima, the font is considered the most frequently used font in the GDR. The Super Grotesk font family was designed by the German type designer Arno Drescher and first cast between 19. ![]()
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