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Author's note

WeissRundgotisch by Rudolf Weiss of Bauersche Giesserei is a free blackletter font with broad, broken strokes and the compact authority of medieval manuscript lettering. Angular joins and pointed cuts give the letters a carved, heraldic silhouette.

Designers working with fantasy, folklore, or historical themes can use it for book covers, game graphics, and event posters. In packaging and merchandise, its repeated diamond-like cuts can become part of an illustrated crest or ornamental border rather than serving as neutral text.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright (c) FontShop, 1998. All rights reserved.
Font family
WeissRundgotisch
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
WeissRundgotisch
Full font name
WeissRundgotisch
Name table version
2.0
Postscript font name
WeissRundgotisch
Description
Weiss Rundgotisch based on a type originally cut by Rudolf Weiss, a great German Fontdesigner in the Twentieth. Weiss Rundgotisch is a Rotunda (Blackletter), designed for the Bauersche Giesserei (Frankfurt/M.), digitized by Dieter Steffmann, Kreuztal, in 1998

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2004-12-13
Revision2
Glyph count200
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classNo classification
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionMixed directional glyphs
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced