The font Ehmcke Antiqua is by Fritz Helmuth Ehmcke.

Undated supplements to the Malerzeitung.

Die Rückseite des “Führer durch Magdeburg” bietet eine sehr schön typografisch umgesetzte Werbung für das Kaufhaus Klavehn.

Metal letters for business or delivery vans - also available gold-plated - are now rarely found in modern cities.

A new single find, a post card for New year’s eve. It’s rather kitschy and very likely older than the postmark suggests. This is supported by the execution as a lithograph and the motif …

The backs of two Christmas postcards.

Today a piece of fabric. Font designs for embroidery have already been shown here, now a cross-stitched font from 1909.

Right on time for Friday the 13th there are two invoices from 1910, the headers are particularly nice to look at, but the mixture of different fonts also reminds the dark days of Microsoft WordArt at the end of the 90s.