Roos & & Junge of Offenbach am Main in Germany produced Teutonia in a 'back-to-basics' effort that has seen many rather comparable attempts in the field of topography. In 1883, Baltimore Type Foundry launched its Geometric series. In 1910, Geza Farago in Budapest utilized a similar letter style on a Tungsram light bulb poster. In 1919 Theo van Doesburg, a creator with Mondrian and others of the De Stijl motion, designed an alphabet utilizing rectangles just-- no diagonals. In 1923 Joost Schmidt at Bauhaus in Weimer took the same technique for a Constructivist show poster. The 1996 Agfatype Collection catalog notes a Geometric in light, bold and italic that is very near to the old Baltimore version. Despite the fact that none of these styles took the world by storm, they all made a contribution to our understanding of letterforms and how we utilize them.
Teutonia is compact and remarkably legible at 12 points in print, however does not do too on the screen. Extra leading is suggested. 4 ligatures are provided: ch, ck, sch and tz. The numerals are tabular.
Font Family: Teutonia
Tags: 1900s, art, art nouveau, blackletter, computer, constructivist, decorative, de stijl, geometric, german, masculine, propaganda, revival, russian, sans-serif, square