Figure 218
Dutch Italic Types: Erhardt Foundry Specimen, Leipsick
From Gessner’s Buchdruckerkunst un Schriftgiessery (facsimile), Schrift-Probe (scan)
1739
Dutch types were also in vogue in Germany at the end of the seventeenth century, and were imported in large quantities. Some roman and italic Dutch types of this date were shown in connection with Breitkopf’s specimen…. These came from a Leipsick foundry which Fournier considered second only to Breitkopf’s—that of Hr. Erhardt. A head-line (omitted in our reproduction) reads: “Real Dutch types, and a great number of other characters, which are to be found in Erhardt foundry here.” These fonts resemble those given by Fell to the Oxford Press, and in cut belong to the seventeenth century. Although heavy, they retain considerable vivacity of line, and have great capabilities when used with taste.