Architekturträume des Jugendstils at Kunstbibliothek

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Poster for an exhibition of the work of Austrian architect Joseph Maria Olbrich (1867–1908) who co-founded the Vienna Secession and was a main proponent of Jugendstil or Art Nouveau architecture.

The typeface in use isWillow, created by Tony Forster for Letraset/ITC. The rough-edged caps-only face is based on a sign for the ITC Rennie Mackintosh.

Willow's raised 'O' with a colon underneath was considered too fancy for this poster, and got replaced by zeros. 'Æ' stands in for 'Ä'. This might have been done to add some retro flavor, but the main reason certainly was to avoid the bothersome dots above cap height, which would have hampered the tight line spacing. The fitted pair for 'CH' is included in the font, together with about twenty other discretionary ligatures.