L. Schuler Farben Lacke Malerwerkzeuge

News|Fonts in Use|Florian Hardwig 2016-01-07 12:28:23

Source: https://www.flickr.com.Photo: Florian Hardwig. License: All Rights Reserved.

L. Schuler on Kapuzinerstraße 13, Mainz.

When I took these pictures of a former painting supplies store in Mainz, it was the ligated 'ch' pair that had caught my eye. Not that it was unusual to keep these two letters (as well as 'ck') together. On the contrary, it was pretty muchArkonafett, designed by Karl Klauß and first cast by Genzsch & Heyse in 1935.

Source: https://www.flickr.com.Photo: Florian Hardwig. License: All Rights Reserved.

Arkona's calligraphic dot has been flipped.

Genzsch & Heyse

Genzsch & Heyse

Pretty

Pretty