Designed at
Wagner & Schmidt and cast by various foundries, under different
names, including Salon-Antiqua (Stempel, ca.
1906), Noblesse (Bauer,
1908, also by Scholz,
Zanker),
Kupferplatte (Ludwig
& Mayer, before 1909, redesigned in
1950), and Novara (Fondografica).
[Seemann, Reichardt, DIN index cards] Also shown as
Salon-Antiqua in a ca. mid-1980s specimen by Haas.
[D. Kühne]
Reichardt lists several other versions, but some like
Brandon
(Inland,
1898, also as Plate Roman by Hansen and
Bold Face No. 9 by Linotype)
appear to be different designs. It’s unclear whether
Visite (Trennert)
is a version of the same design.
Bauer’s Noblesse is not to be confused with John’s
typeface of the same name, see More…
Designed at Wagner & Schmidt and cast by various foundries, under different names, including Salon-Antiqua (Stempel, ca. 1906), Noblesse (Bauer, 1908, also by Scholz, Zanker), Kupferplatte (Ludwig & Mayer, before 1909, redesigned in 1950), and Novara (Fondografica). [Seemann, Reichardt, DIN index cards] Also shown as Salon-Antiqua in a ca. mid-1980s specimen by Haas. [D. Kühne]
Reichardt lists several other versions, but some like Brandon (Inland, 1898, also as Plate Roman by Hansen and Bold Face No. 9 by Linotype) appear to be different designs. It’s unclear whether Visite (Trennert) is a version of the same design.
Bauer’s Noblesse is not to be confused with John’s typeface of the same name, see Hermes-Antiqua.
