Eckmann

A Jugendstil type in which blackletter and roman features merge in soft, brush-drawn forms.

Eckmann was an attempt to renew German lettering and became the most used German type of the Jugendstil era. It appears on signs and posters around 1900. Proofs are in the Klingspor Museum in Offenbach.

Materials: Lead-alloy types

Manufacture: Drawn with a brush instead of a broad pen and cast by the Rudhard foundry, later Klingspor, in Offenbach.

The swelling, plant-like stems ending in small buds.

The mix of fraktur and roman in the same alphabet.

• Otto Eckmann
• Typography
• Art Nouveau