Seeking additional specimens of "Fafner" by Schelter & Giesecke
Oliver Weiss (Walden Font Co.)
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Hello,
I'm in the process of reviving "Fafner", an angular Art Nouveau typeface issued by Schelter & Giesecke. It appears in my 1912 Hauptprobe (see attachments), but may have been issued earlier. The two samples below provide me with most of the characters, I'm only missing F, J, Q, X, Y, j, p, q, x, y. Would anybody have any material that shows at least some of these glyphs?
Thanks!
Oliver
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The Tholenaar specimen collection now resides at https://letterformarchive.org/kateg@letterformarchive.orgJan Tholenaar had quite a number of S&G specimen books. There is a $25 dollar charge per page for library-quality images.2
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According to Hans Reichardt’s data, Fafner was published in 1905 (http://www.klingspor-museum.de/KlingsporKuenstler/HR_Schriftbuch/HR_Kapitel_F.pdf). That might help narrow it down … I mean, as you are looking for other specimens of the typeface. You can probably rule out any catalogues published before then.
The 1923 Die deutsche Schriftgießerei, eine gewerbliche Bibliographie implies that the only “catalogue” Schelter & Giesecke published between 1898 and 1912 was a “Schriftprobe in gedrängter Form”, in 1906, and that catalogue’s page format was quarto. Of course, Fafner is probably in type specimen catalogues S&G printed after 1912, too. But maybe not after the 1920s?
The above-mentioned Bibliographie lists a Fafner brochure from 1907 in its S&G sectionm, too (the exact line of text reads “Fafner. 16, Querheft, 1907. 8º.”) Perhaps the Letterform Archive has that? Or perhaps you can find someone who’s got it?
Generally speaking, these artistic typefaces don’t have so many specimens available for them, as you of course already know. If an ad for Fafner was ever run in trade journals, it probably would not have had too much type on it 😞3 -
page 145 for scan, page 167 in real book.
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We do indeed have the Fafner brochure. Here are some snapshots. As George said, we can provide hi-res scans or photography upon request.
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BTW, our copy of the 1912 S&G catalog has a tipped in sheet showing the addition of smaller sizes.
Also, your image above doesn’t quite indicate that the Schraffierte style is made of tightly spaced horizontal lines to created the gray effect. Here’s a (poorly shot, sorry) close-up from a later specimen also at LfA:
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Oh, Stephen, those photos are great!!4
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Stephen Coles said:We do indeed have the Fafner brochure. Here are some snapshots. As George said, we can provide hi-res scans or photography upon request.2
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Thank you, one and all! That is a wonderful wealth of material served on a platter!!! I think this gives me everything I need. To echo Claudio, that brochure really is gorgeous.
Cheers,
Oliver0 -
Thank you, one and all! That is a wonderful wealth of material served on a platter!!! I think this gives me everything I need. To echo Claudio, that brochure really is gorgeous.
Cheers,
Oliver0 -
Your memory didn’t deceive you, Claudio. Fafner was cast by Augusta as Ovidio.
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Florian Hardwig said:Your memory didn’t deceive you, Claudio. Fafner was cast by Augusta as Ovidio.0
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As an example, a Benjamin Krebs ad from 1909 featuring their Ridingerschrift.
It shows the only official Italian importer was Achille Putti, in Bologna (hey, near me!). :-)
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All done. May I introduce WF Fafner. It'll be available when the rest of the fonts in this set are finished.
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