Bernhardt Standard™

from Linotype

Bernhardt Standard™ is a Linotype font family with 2 styles.

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Bernhardt Standard

Bernhardt Standard

Bernhardt Standard DFR

Design Credits

First seen on MyFonts: April 1st, 2007
Designed by: Julius de Goede
Designed when: 2003
Contained in Categories: Blackletter, Decorative & Display, Script
Design owned by: Linotype
MyFonts Keywords: ancient, blackletter, calligraphic, connected, cursive, decorative, german, penscript, scribal, script [suggest]

Bernhardt Standard

Bernhardt Standard, which was designed in 2003 by Julius de Goede, is a flowing Bastarde script. Bastarde is one of the sub-categories of Blackletter typefaces. The term Blackletter refers to typefaces that have evolved out of Northern Europe’s medieval manuscript tradition. Often called gothic, or Old English, these letters are identifiable by the traces of the wide-nibbed pen stroke within their forms. Of all of the various sorts of Blackletter styles, Bastarde scripts are the most flowing, or Italic. The first Bastarde typefaces, cut in the late 1400s, were based on French handwriting styles, especially those styles popular in Burgundy.

The flowing nature of Bernhardt Standard makes it similar to some other sorts of Blackletter typefaces as well. Bernhardt Standard, because of its handwritten roots, is also similar to Kurrent, a style of handwriting that was popular in Germany prior the 20th Century.

Bernhardt Standard is a very calligraphic face, suitable for formal applications. This typeface would be an excellent choice for certificates or awards. The old style figures in the font allow for nice short settings of text as well.

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