Stam in use

Designed in the mid 1920s as a revival by Franzisca Baruch in Berlin. The letterforms were inspired by a Haggadah from 1526 printed with wooden type by the Gersonides family of printers in Prague. Issued around 1925 [Messner] or in 1928 [Wetzig 1926–40] by Berthold. By 1930, a lighter weight (Stam mager), a condensed (Rambam) and an open/handtooled style (Rachel) had been added, without Baruch’s involvement. Stam is a Hebrew acronym of Sefarim, Tefillin, Mezuzot — the three fields of activity of a traditional Jewish scribe.

Baruch created a lighter version for Leo A. Mayer, professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A recutting of this typeface was later issued by Moritz Spitzer’s Jerusalem Type Foundry as Mayer-Baruch [More…

Designed in the mid 1920s as a revival by Franzisca Baruch in Berlin. The letterforms were inspired by a Haggadah from 1526 printed with wooden type by the Gersonides family of printers in Prague. Issued around 1925 [Messner] or in 1928 [Wetzig 1926–40] by Berthold. By 1930, a lighter weight (Stam mager), a condensed (Rambam) and an open/handtooled style (Rachel) had been added, without Baruch’s involvement. Stam is a Hebrew acronym of Sefarim, Tefillin, Mezuzot — the three fields of activity of a traditional Jewish scribe.

Baruch created a lighter version for Leo A. Mayer, professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A recutting of this typeface was later issued by Moritz Spitzer’s Jerusalem Type Foundry as Mayer-Baruch [Messner].

Adaptations for dry transfer lettering by Letraset (as S'tam) and Mecanorma (as 967). These are much rounder in design.

Stam MF is a digital version.