Berthold Block (font)

The Block font was designed by the German type designer Herrmann Hoffmann around 1908 and sold by the H. Berthold AG type foundry . The font is considered a classic of German typography. Erik Spiekermann revised the font in the 1970s and created further variations. The block is a sans serif grotesque .

Classification of the script

• Hans Peter Willberg would classify it as static grotesque in his classification matrix

Examples of usage

• Examples for the use of the block font family
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  Logo of the DIY store group Praktiker

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  Charlie Hebdo magazine logo

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  Solidarity symbol with the victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack

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  Election poster from Switzerland from 1928

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  Election poster of the Communist Party of Austria from 2011