Presto first came out in 1970, as one of the last screen typefaces to be released in Germany as metal type. The digital variation was released in 2017 in honour of its designer Helmut Matheis, who turned 100 in November 2017. Matheis, still active as a lettering artist and pianist, was happy with our proposition and happy to offer us his consent to make this very first digital version for free.
Andreas' Seidel's revival for Fust & & Friends is a loyal rendition of the original (1970 ). In 2019 he expanded the very first Presto digitization into a more worldwide, better equipped font.