Kleukens-Antiqua

Kleukens-Antiqua by F.W. Kleukens was released in 1910 by the type foundry ‘Bauersche Gießerei’. The typeface has an unusual lowercase Eszett with a tail pointing to the right instead of the left. The uppercase Eszett is designed as a ligature of ‘S’ and ‘Z’. This corresponds with the understanding of the Eszett in blackletter fonts at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. In fact, the name Eszett literally means “s-z”. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that the letter ß is a ligature of ‘s’ and ‘z’ or that this was its origin.