Gradl Initialen ML was created by M.J. Gradl and released by HiH. Gradl Initialen ML contains 1 style. p > Max Joseph Gradl designed Art Nouveau fashion jewelry in Germany. A minimum of a few of his designs were produced by Theodor Fahrner of Pforzheim, Germany-- among the leading makers of great art precious jewelry on the Continent from 1855 to 1979. I don't know if he developed for Fahrner specifically, but every example I discovered was produced by that firm. I assume it was also the exact same M.J, who edited a book, Genuine Art Nouveau Stained Glass which was reissued by Dover and is still available.

For an artist as achieved as Gradl was, he is really hard to research. There simply does not seem to have actually been much composed about him. The jeweler shows up in many of his typeface styles. They exhibit a sculptural quality as if they were designed in clay (or gold) rather than drawn on paper. His monograms, specifically, reflect that quality. Those displayed in plates 112 through 116 in Petzendorfer actually appear to have been developed specifically for producing in the kind of silver or gold pendents. Of the initial letters that came out of Germany during this period, these by Gradl seem abnormally open and lyrical. They appear to be dancing on the page, instead of sitting. Please keep in mind that Gradl created only the embellished initials. All other characters supplied were theorized by HiH, including the accented initials. Orn.1 (unicode E004) is based on a jeweled gold clasp designed by Gradl (please take a look at Gallery Image on Myfonts.com). Likewise consisted of are an art nouveau woman's face, a swan and the face from Munch's "Shriek", from scans of old printer's ornaments.

Gradl Initialen M represents a significant extension of the initial release, with the following changes:

1. Added glyphs for the 1250 Central Europe, the 1252 Turkish and the 1257 Baltic Code Pages. Added glyphs to complete standard 1252 Western Europe Code Page. Special glyphs transferred and appointed Unicode codepoints, some in Private Usage area. Overall of 341 glyphs. Both upper & & lower case offered with appropriate accents.

2. 558 Kerning Pairs.

3. Added OpenType GSUB layout features: salt, dlig, ornm and kern.

4. Revised vertical metrics for improved cross-platform line spacing.

5. Improved different glyph outlines.

6. Alternative characters: 16 upper case letters (with spaces in surrounding decors for accents above letter).

8. 4 Accessories: face1, face2, swan and orn1 (silhouette of Gradl clasp)

The zip package includes two variations of the font style at no additional charge. There is an OTF variation which remains in Open PS (Post Script Type 1) format and a TTF version which is in Open TT (True Type) format. Usage whichever works finest for your applications.

Font Family: Gradl Initialen

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