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By Riccardo Sartori

New details about the origins of Akzidenz-Grotesk

Nobody knows who designed Akzidenz-Grotesk. For about 20 years it was attributed to Theinhardt, but this has recently been proven untrue.
Dan Reynolds on the history of one of the most influential typefaces of the past century.

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