Akzidenz-Grotesk

Akzidenz-Grotesk is a sans-serif typeface family originally released by the Berthold Type Foundry of Berlin in 1898. berthold acquired the design from Bauer & Co. in Stuttgart along with that foundry, and filed a design patent on 28 April 1898 at 12:05 in the afternoon. when H. Berthold AG was growing and buying smaller type foundries at the beginning of the 20th Century these types were unified into one family as the demand grew for a large sans serif family.