Dear All,

Please see the photo attached -- it's a sign from a public pool, very likely from Gelsenkirchen in West Germany. The pool was built in 1927 and closed in 1983, but the photo is likely from 1960's.

https://www.kohlenspott.de/unvergessen-freibad-grimberg-in-gelsenkirchen-auch-hoerbar-als-podcast/

I believe having seen something similar in antique German trams, too.

Could you please help identifying the font? Are there any similar fonts? Could you recommend a source for German fonts from that era?

Thank you very much!

Not a font. That’s lettering by a sign painter. 

Peter Wiegel made a few fonts replicating German lettering. Not too close to your sample though. 

https://www.peter-wiegel.de/BerlinEmail.html

https://www.peter-wiegel.de/BerlinerWand.html

On 11/30/2024 at 9:23 PM, Ralf Herrmann said:

Not a font. That’s lettering by a sign painter. 

Peter Wiegel made a few fonts replicating German lettering. Not too close to your sample though. 

https://www.peter-wiegel.de/BerlinEmail.html

https://www.peter-wiegel.de/BerlinerWand.html

Thank you very much!