Designed in the early 1800’s by Justus Erich Walbaum. Originally punchcut in Weimar, the designer was inspired by other Modern Didone typefaces that had been created, such as Bodoni and Didot. His classical types were very popular for a while until the fashion changed. His name disappeared until the 1920s, when it was revived as Monotype Walbaum. It’s extreme vertical stress, and fine hairlines contrasted with bold main strokes are typical of Modern fonts, yet Walbaum has many unique character quirks that make it open, warm, and very graceful. It lacks spur serifs on C, G, S and s, a foot serif on b and a beard on G.