A second chance for Walbaum-Antiqua in the 20th century

It’s safe to say that Walbaum-Antiqua wasn’t well known at the beginning of the 20th century. Nevertheless, it appeared in a few high-quality book productions, sparking a new interest in Justus Erich Walbaum’s designs from around 1800. Brockhaus published a new type specimen booklet (see below), now calling the roman designs Walbaum-Antiqua and the blackletter designs Walbaum-Fraktur.  

In the meantime, the Brockhaus foundry had been taken over by the H. Berthold AG, one of the biggest European type foundries. This gave the designs even more exposure. 

A type specimen for Walbaum’s roman and blackletter design by F.A. Brockhaus, continued by Berthold as “Berthold-Heft 210” (see link below)