Mutter Krause Halbfett Bold Police

Mutter Krause Halbfett Bold, designed by Peter Wiegel, is a free high-contrast serif with the broad gestures and uneven finish of hand-cut lettering. Its swelling curves, sharp tapered ends, and lively changes in stroke width make the forms feel theatrical rather than formal, with a slightly eccentric air. The narrow letters keep the silhouette brisk.

Publishing is a natural setting for it, especially on literary covers, historical posters, and editorial title pages that benefit from expressive period flavor. The same carved, pen-like shapes also suit heritage food packaging and folk-music merchandise, linking those uses through a warm, handmade sense of tradition.

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This font was created for the reconstruction of the 1929 silent film “Mutter Krausens Fahrt ins Glück.” It was used for missing intertitles and redrawn from the original intertitles.