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.

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I went often to look at the collection of curiosities in Heidelberg Castle, and one

day I surprised the keeper of it with my German. I spoke entirely in that language. He

was greatly interested; and after I had talked a while he said my German was very rare.

If he had known what it had cost me to acquire my art, he would also have known that it

would break any collector to buy it. Harris and I had been hard at difficulty, and

annoyance, for three of our teachers had died in the mean time. A person who has not

studied German can form no idea of what a perplexing language it is. Surely there is

not another language that is so slipshod and systemless, and so slippery and elusive to

the grasp. One is washed about in it, hither and thither, in the most helpless way; and

when at last he thinks he has captured a rule which offers ﬁrm ground to take a rest on

amid the general rage and turmoil of the ten parts of speech, he turns over the

page and reads, “Let the pupil make careful note of the following exceptions.” He

runs his eye down and ﬁnds that there are more exceptions to the rule than

my book inquires after a certain bird – (it is always inquiring after things which

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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