This entry is for the medium-wide and condensed styles of
Venus, aka Venus-Grotesk. For the
extended styles, see Venus
Extended.
Released by Bauer, 1907–1914. [Reichardt] The original metal
family spans 14 styles including condensed and extended weights
(this overview
lacks only the breit dreiviertelfett, a latecomer
added in 1927). Aphrodite-Versalien is a complementary
caps-only style. Some of the styles were also cast by other
foundries, often under different names and sometimes with
modifications or extensions, see e.g. Ideal-Grotesk
(Klinkhardt/Berthold), Akzidenz-Grotesk (Haas),
Titania-Grotesk (Genzsch & Heyse, later named
Monument (Genzsch & Heyse) [1963
letter]).
Digital versions include URW’s (6 styles, with authentic
obliques and 1 condensed weight) and
Scangraphic’s (4 styles incl. 2 extended weights). Linotype’s has 2
weights plus slanted and backslanted variations that were created
for the use in cartography, probably in the More…
This entry is for the medium-wide and condensed styles of Venus, aka Venus-Grotesk. For the extended styles, see Venus Extended.
Released by Bauer, 1907–1914. [Reichardt] The original metal family spans 14 styles including condensed and extended weights (this overview lacks only the breit dreiviertelfett, a latecomer added in 1927). Aphrodite-Versalien is a complementary caps-only style. Some of the styles were also cast by other foundries, often under different names and sometimes with modifications or extensions, see e.g. Ideal-Grotesk (Klinkhardt/Berthold), Akzidenz-Grotesk (Haas), Titania-Grotesk (Genzsch & Heyse, later named Monument (Genzsch & Heyse) [1963 letter]).
Digital versions include URW’s (6 styles, with authentic obliques and 1 condensed weight) and Scangraphic’s (4 styles incl. 2 extended weights). Linotype’s has 2 weights plus slanted and backslanted variations that were created for the use in cartography, probably in the phototype era. Accompanied by the seriffed Venus Egyptienne. Font Bureau’s Vonness is loosely based on Venus. See also Production Type’s Mars.
