Belwe Roman

Category	Serif
Classification	Display, trade
Designer(s)	Georg Belwe
Foundry	J.G. Schelter & Giesecke
Date released	1907

Belwe Roman is a display typeface designed by Georg Belwe in 1907. The type has Old Style qualities, but short ascenders and very short descenders as well as calligraphic and Fraktur influences.

Foundry Type[]

Belwe Roman was originally cast by the Schelter & Giesecke Type Foundry in text, medium bold, and bold weights. An inline version was cast as well.^[1]

Cold Type Copies[]

Belwe Roman was revived in Cold Type versions by Compugraphic as Belwe. It was popular enough for all four original weights and styles to be reissued.^[2]

Digital Copies[]

A digital version, also simply called Belwe, was released in 1989 by ITC. Another version, Belwe EF, is made by Elsner+Flake.

References[]

^ Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson, The Encyclopedia of Type Faces, Blandford Press Lts., 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 19.
^ Provan, Archie, and Alexander S. Lawson, 100 Type Histories (volume 1), National Composition Association, Arlington, Virginia, 1983 p. 24.

[1] Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson, The Encyclopedia of Type Faces, Blandford Press Lts., 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 19.

[2] Provan, Archie, and Alexander S. Lawson, 100 Type Histories (volume 1), National Composition Association, Arlington, Virginia, 1983 p. 24.

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