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FDI Wiking
Designed by: Heinz König, Ralf Herrmann
Released: 2020
Number of styles: 1
Script support: Basic Latin, Latin Extended
Most suitable for: Display Use (logos, headlines, …), Editorial Design
Notes: This font contains glyphs and/or features which are only accessible with fully OpenType-savvy applications.
Wiking by Heinz König was originally released in 1925 at the type foundry J. D. Trennert & Sohn in Hamburg. FDI Wiking is a carefully crafted revival released for free under the Open Font License. This was made possible by the generous support of people around the world, who pledged for this project on Kickstarter.
FDI Wiking has around 400 glyphs covering Western, Eastern and Central European Latin. Many characters have alternative glyphs, so both traditional German blackletter typesetting and international use with improved legibility is possible.
We thank all Kickstarter supporters: Akira Y., Alex, Alexey G., André M., Anne W., André U., Dallas R., Stefan S., Eckhard P., Eric S., Erik S., Fernando D., Fliegender, Frank L., Gunnar P., Gregory K., Grischka P., Gunnar L., Günter S., Gunther S., Hans S., Hans-Ulrich K., Harald E., Helmut H., Henning L., Holger J., Hylbrand-J. H., Ilja W., Jan-F. Stieler, Jeffrey D., Jens N., JJ Y., Joachim M., Johannes T., Johney C., Joumana M., Karly N., Klaus S., Louis R., Maik-F. G., Robert M. S., Marcel A., Masaki M., Michael A., Michael B., Michael W., Monika G., Nicole P., Norbert M., Patricio H., Paul M., Pedro T., Philipp P., Pöjkworks, Riccardo S., Rob S., Spremi, Stefan S., Swedish Z., Tamara L., Thomas K., Thomas L., Thomas R., Till, Ulrich D., Wurstvogel, Xavier S., Ysae
FDI Wiking was digitized from a print specifically made for this purpose using the original letterpress font
Default Glyphs
Traditional Glyphs (stylistic set 1)
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