Gr. Canon Antiqua [Type Specimen Fragment]

Hermannus Berg’s Gr. Canon Antiqua.

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The fragment, found in Gustav Mori’s type specimen collection, shows a lone lowercase roman designed by Hermann (Hermannus) Berg, factor at the Stengel’s type foundry in Augsburg.

Title

Gr. Canon Antiqua [Type Specimen Fragment]

Region

Augsburg

Published

1714

Berg’s Coarse Canon serves as a source for the lowercase of Aura Antiqua, which bases its capital forms on a contemporary design by the Lübeck-based printer Johann Nicolaus Thun.

Literature

Berg, H. (1714). Gr. Canon Antiqua [Coarse Canon Antiqua]. In Fractur- und Antiqua-Probe [Fraktur and Antiqua Type Specimen]. Stenglische Schriftgießerei. Retrieved 20 September 2026 from sammlungen.un.uni-frankfurt.de

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