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The secondary typeface is the condensed cut of Jakob Erbar's Candida (also for Ludwig & Mayer). The language of the blurb is not politically correct by any modern standards.

This book jacket for a German edition of Ballif's Dancers of God, a book about pygmies, is one of the "serving suggestions" that were included in the specimen forCharme(1957). The designer of this brush script typeface is Helmut Matheis, who celebrates his 96th birthday today.

Photo: Florian Hardwig. Courtesy of Ilja Wanka. License: All Rights Reserved.