Member pie… Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 This topic was imported from the Typophile platform Does anybody know, if there is an official typeface, which is used by the german government? Actually I want to know, if there was a typeface, which had been used in the 1950s, in the beginning of the federal republic. Any idea? Thanks a lot! Link to comment
Member spe… Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 You probably want DIN Schrift. Link to comment
Member pom… Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Demos and Praxis (Gerard Unger), maybe as special versions including the Bundesadler as a glyph … ;) > In the 50s I don't think there was an official government typeface at that time. Link to comment
Member pie… Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 Thank you, I just learned that Spiekermann's MetaDesign designed the corporate design of the german government. They used Transit first, but it was replaced later by Univers … But no information about corporate design in the 50s … Link to comment
Member pom… Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 According to the official Bundesregierung-PDFs, the typefaces used for the (public) government communication of the Bundesrepublik Deutschland are NeueDemos (Serif) and NeuePraxis (Sans). You can check different official publications here. Link to comment
Member dan… Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Regarding Univers, as Poms mentions, this is not the "official German font"… rather, the names of Government ministries, etc. are set in a condensed Univers. You see their names next to the stylized flag and eagle motif. Otherwise, NeueDemos and NeuePraxis are used. Designers and agencies creating documents or doing design work for the Federal Government license these fonts from Linotype. Here is a link to the German government's official style guide:http://styleguide.bundesregierung.de/Webs/SG/DE/Homepage/home.html Here is their bit on fonts:http://styleguide.bundesregierung.de/Webs/SG/DE/Print-Styleguide/Basisel... Note these fonts:http://styleguide.bundesregierung.de/Webs/SG/DE/Print-Styleguide/Basisel... And here is typography:http://styleguide.bundesregierung.de/Webs/SG/DE/Print-Styleguide/Drucksc... Link to comment
Member pie… Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 Wow, thanks a lot! Link to comment
Member Yeh… Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 I don't know about the german govt..but the dutch govt recently unveiled their own font.http://blog.eyemagazine.com/?p=111#more-111 via Eye Magazine blog Link to comment
Member viv… Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 I don't have the answer, but Futura was also often used in the time period you're looking at. Link to comment
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