Lo-Type

Oppenheim designed the avant-garde Lo-Type for Berthold during 1911–1914 under the influence of the emerging modernist era, thus participating in its outburst.

In 1980, Oppenheim's Lo-Type was reintroduced with additional weights for phototypesetting by Erik Spiekermann and is still in use today.

[1] In its extreme thick–thin contrast balanced with hearty roundness and humorous detail, Lo-Type was originally designed as a display type for advertising, posters and headlines.

Typical of its time, it has an irregular outline which gives it a hand cut or ink painted feel.

The large x-height and intentionally idiosyncratic shapes make it particularly eye-catching and unique.