Kolonia
ECAL Typefaces · Dominik Bissem · 2023
A revival of Ernst Schneidler's 1923 Deutsch-Römisch, retaining its calligraphic oddities and low contrast for contemporary text use.
About
Dominik Bissem's Kolonia updates Schneidler's eccentric Deutsch-Römisch for modern text applications, preserving its peculiar letterforms while moderating contrast for improved readability. Details like the dancing g, the dagger-shaped seven and an idiosyncratic question mark carry through the calligraphic personality of the 1923 original. The result sits in the territory between historical revival and contemporary text face, with enough character to avoid anonymity.
Classification
A revival of Schneidler's 1923 Deutsch-Römisch, Kolonia retains the calligraphic eccentricities and low contrast of the original text face, placing it within the humanist or calligraphic serif tradition.