Issued by the Otto Weisert foundry in 1904. [Reichardt
2011] Registration was extended for another 7 years in Nov. 1905. [Reichsanzeiger]
Designer unknown. Shown in Petzendorfers Schriftenatlas (Neue
Folge) (ca. 1905) and in Klimschs
Jahrbuch 1907. Named after Swiss artist Arnold
Böcklin (1827–1901).
The design saw a major revival in the 1960s and 70s and was
adopted by many phototype and dry-transfer manufacturers, including
Dymo [Gebrauchsgraphik,
1971], Berthold Fototypes, Face Photosetting (w/ a bolder
version named Arnold Bold) [Berthold
1974], Letraset.
Many digitizations under the original name, typically with
dissolved or omitted umlaut (Boecklin,
Bocklin). URW’s includes framed initials. The version
bundled with Corel software is named
Arabia More…
Issued by the Otto Weisert foundry in 1904. [Reichardt 2011] Registration was extended for another 7 years in Nov. 1905. [Reichsanzeiger] Designer unknown. Shown in Petzendorfers Schriftenatlas (Neue Folge) (ca. 1905) and in Klimschs Jahrbuch 1907. Named after Swiss artist Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901).
The design saw a major revival in the 1960s and 70s and was adopted by many phototype and dry-transfer manufacturers, including Dymo [Gebrauchsgraphik, 1971], Berthold Fototypes, Face Photosetting (w/ a bolder version named Arnold Bold) [Berthold 1974], Letraset.
Many digitizations under the original name, typically with dissolved or omitted umlaut (Boecklin, Bocklin). URW’s includes framed initials. The version bundled with Corel software is named Arabia and has Cyrillics. Peter Wiegel’s Böcklins Universe is an OFL-licensed version with extensive language support including Vietnamese, Cyrillic, and Greek. Korrodi (Feliciano Type, 2020) is a monoline adaptation.
