Trump Mediaeval (also German Trump Mediäval) is an
old-style serif
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typeface
A typeface (or font family) is the design of lettering that can include variations in size, weight (e.g. bold), slope (e.g. italic), width (e.g. condensed), and so on. Each of these variations of the typeface is a font.
There are list of type ...
designed by
Georg Trump Georg Trump (10 July 1896 – 21 December 1985) was a German graphics, typeface and postage stamp designer, known for designs such as the book typeface Trump Mediaeval (1954), the slab serif City ( 1931) and the condensed, industrial Schadow.
Trum ...
. It was released in 1954 both by the
C. E. Weber foundry as
metal type and
Linotype for
hot metal typesetting
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.
Despite a common association with
blackletter
Blackletter (sometimes black letter), also known as Gothic script, Gothic minuscule, or Textura, was a script used throughout Western Europe from approximately 1150 until the 17th century. It continued to be commonly used for the Danish, Norweg ...
typefaces, the ''mediaeval'' name refers to the German typographical term for roman typefaces dark in color like the old style Venetian typefaces.
Prominent examples of its use include the 1975
Gotteslob and the
A Song of Ice and Fire
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novels.
Digital variants
* Trump Mediaeval,
Linotype
* Trump Mediäval,
Adobe
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* Kuenstler 480,
Bitstream
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References
External links
* {{cite web, title=Typedia: Trump Mediaeval, url=http://typedia.com/explore/typeface/trump-mediaeval/, website=Typedia
Old style serif typefaces
Adobe typefaces
Linotype typefaces
Letterpress typefaces
Digital typefaces
Typefaces and fonts introduced in 1954
Typefaces designed by Georg Trump