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neue Serie57®

A Typographic World Premiere

neue Serie57®

neue Serie57® is neither a revival nor a reworking of an old type. It is a discovery—or rather a rediscovery. Designed by Günter Gerhard Lange in 1957 who had caught the spirit of the times and simplified the youngest child of the Akzidenz-Grotesk family. Unfortunately, it was never made into a family—until Erik Spiekermann discovered it in a mislabelled case. Prints from the original metal type were used by Alexander Roth to design the very first digital version of Akzidenz-Grotesk Serie 57. In addition we designed and printed a type specimen. 210×280mm in size, 380g in weight, 64 pages plus cover, and printed in 4C+Pantone 877 Silver on FSC-certified paper. The type specimen is distributed exclusively by Hacking Gutenberg. The edition is limited to 500 copies, numbered by hand and signed.

14 Styles
1100+ Glyphs each Style
Supports 90+ Latin-based Languages
All-Purpose Typeface Design

neue Serie57® Thin
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I went often to look at the collection of curiosities in Heidelberg Castle, and one
neue Serie57® Thin Italic
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day I surprised the keeper of it with my German. I spoke entirely in that language. He
neue Serie57® Light
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was greatly interested; and after I had talked a while he said my German was very rare.
neue Serie57® Light Italic
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If he had known what it had cost me to acquire my art, he would also have known that it
neue Serie57® Regular
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would break any collector to buy it. Harris and I had been hard at difficulty, and
neue Serie57® Regular Italic
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annoyance, for three of our teachers had died in the mean time. A person who has not
neue Serie57® Book
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studied German can form no idea of what a perplexing language it is. Surely there is
neue Serie57® Book Italic
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not another language that is so slipshod and systemless, and so slippery and elusive to
neue Serie57® Medium
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the grasp. One is washed about in it, hither and thither, in the most helpless way; and
neue Serie57® Medium Italic
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when at last he thinks he has captured a rule which offers firm ground to take a rest on
neue Serie57® Bold
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amid the general rage and turmoil of the ten parts of speech, he turns over the
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page and reads, “Let the pupil make careful note of the following exceptions.” He
neue Serie57® Black
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runs his eye down and finds that there are more exceptions to the rule than
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my book inquires after a certain bird – (it is always inquiring after things which

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neue Serie57® Release

neue celebrates a world premiere — in collaboration with Erik Spiekermann we have created the first ever digital version of the forgotten and overlooked Akzidenz-Grotesk® Serie 57 metal type. We call it neue Serie57®.
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Akzidenz-Grotesk Serie 57 Cast

Rainer Gerstenberg — the last remaining type caster in Germany — was commissioned by Erik Spiekermann to cast a full set of Akzidenz-Grotesk Serie 57 for the neue Serie57 specimen and its insert. The masters were borrowed from Leipzig specifically for this job.
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neue Serie57 Making-Of

Erik Spiekermann and Alexander Roth discussing over a batch of neue Serie57 proofs at Hacking Gutenberg in Berlin . Many such meetings were held each focusing on an individual topic such as shapes, weights, spacing, small caps, stylistic alternates, and more.
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neue Serie57 Type Specimen

210×280mm in size, 380g in weight, 64 pages plus cover, and printed in 4C+Pantone 877 Silver on FSC-certified paper. The type specimen is distributed exclusively by Hacking Gutenberg . The edition is limited to 500 copies, numbered by hand and signed.
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Further Information

Try before you buy. neue offers Trial Fonts for each family with a reduced character set Download trial fonts. Want to customize one of our retail fonts? Sometimes a small modification of an already existing neue font does the job Learn more about Custom Fonts. Let’s have a Video Call in case you prefer it over writing emails Schedule a video call. Get in touch: neue, c/o Alexander Roth, Im Wellenbügel 14, 32108 Bad Salzuflen, Germany Find us on the mapEmailInstagramLinkedIn.