Designed by Georg Trump and released in 1930 in two weights. In 1937, a lighter cut was added. Latter is not listed as a design by Trump in Vita activa. It was available from Lettergieterij Amsterdam as Métro.
Adopted by Letraset. [1978 ad]
In 1988, G.G. Lange added obliques. Digital versions by Berthold Types and Bitstream (as Square Slabserif 711). URW used to offer a version named Egypt No2 (1999) which featured outlined, shaded and stencil styles as well as a set of compressed caps. It is partly available from SoftMaker under the alias Centrum.
