Schwaben Alt

by Peter Wiegel · Website

Schwaben Alt is a heavy blackletter face from Peter Wiegel rooted in the German Fraktur tradition, with dense, angular strokes and the ornate broken letterforms characteristic of medieval and early modern German printing. The bold weight gives it real commanding presence at large sizes, landing naturally on headlines, certificates, beer labels, and anything that calls for old-world Germanic authority. Peter Wiegel is known for his careful revivals of historical German typefaces, and this one carries that same attention to traditional detail.