Opentype Font Revivals of Medieval Scripts and Classic Typefaces

The Oldtype "Gutenberg A" Font

Current Version: ALOT Gutenberg A 1.0 (Initial Release - December 2012) - Free Font

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This is a free abridged edition of the full-featured Gutenberg B and Gutenberg C fonts. Although (as the name suggests) it was originally conceived as the first release in the B42-type series, it actually represents the colophon to this series. In addition to having a narrower scope, the font differs from its full-featured predecesors in both letter and word spacing, as well as in glyph design, using exclusively straight lines for every glyph and providing a significantly rough appearance at medium to large point sizes. The font includes the usual standard characters for typesetting modern texts, as well as a few special characters, alternates and ligatures that can be used for typesetting nearly as in Johann Gutenberg's 42-line Bible and later incunabula. Please note that the use of this free font is subject to the same terms and conditions as those for Alter Littera's pay fonts.

Adaptation from Gebr. Klingspor's Eine deutsche Schrift von Rudolf Koch (1910)

Adaptation from William Caslon's A Specimen of Printing Types (1785)

Adaptation from F.A. Brockhaus' Walbaum Schriften - Antiqua Cursiv Fraktur (ca. 1936)

Adaptation from F.A. Brockhaus' Walbaum Schriften - Antiqua Cursiv Fraktur (ca. 1936)

Adaptation from Don Quijote de La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1605)

Adaptation from Erhard Ratdolt's Missale Patauiense (1494)