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Akzidenz-Grotesk

Akzidenz-Grotesk is a sans-serif typeface family originally released by the Berthold Type Foundry of Berlin in 1898.

About Akzidenz-Grotesk

Akzidenz-Grotesk is a sans-serif typeface family originally released by the Berthold Type Foundry of Berlin in 1898. The German Akzidenz (literally 'jobbing' or 'used for jobs') indicates its intended use as a typeface for commercial print runs such as publicity, tickets, and forms—as opposed to fine printing—and Grotesk, akin to grotesque, was a standard name for sans-serif typefaces at the time (grotesque in its original sense; bizarre, odd, or outlandish, not necessarily ugly, but visually jarring and outside the norm at the time). Originating during the late nineteenth century, Akzidenz-Grotesk belongs to a tradition of general-purpose, unadorned sans-serif types that had become dominant in German printing during the nineteenth century.

From the Wikipedia article “Akzidenz-Grotesk”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Using Akzidenz-Grotesk in a book

Test this typeface at both text and display sizes before committing; print a sample page at final size.

Commercial typefaces require a licence that covers embedding in PDFs and ebooks; check the foundry's licence before you publish.

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