Liebelei
Wannatype · Ekke Wolf
A revival of Rudolf Vogl's 1933 Viennese film-poster lettering, extended into a full family of five weights with matching italics, a unicase variant and variable font support across Latin, Cyrillic and Greek.
About
Ekke Wolf reconstructed the missing characters from Vogl's original poster title for the 1933 film Liebelei, interpreting the gaps adventurously to produce a warm, friendly italic with characteristic curled terminals that lend a script-like quality. The family ships in Normal and Unicase variants, each spanning Light to Black with italics, plus variable fonts covering the full weight range. OpenType features include small caps, oldstyle and tabular figures, fractions, swash alternates and seven stylistic sets.
Classification
An italic display face with curled terminals that give it a script-like quality, rooted in 1930s Viennese poster lettering. The characteristic angled, curled stroke endings and warm detailing place it firmly in the display category with Art Deco period influences.