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Design started in 1963. The unpublishedEgeria-Grotesk (1962) may be considered a precursor[Wikipedia].First weights were issued around 1970 as foundry type. Lateradopted for linecasting and electronic typesetting on Linotron andDigiset systems. Also made into wood and dry-transfer type. Untilthe 1980s, the family was expanded into 15 styles, incl. condensed styles and a shadedweight. There are Cyrillic, Greek, and Vietnamese versions, as wellas phonetics. Maybe the first sans serif to feature small caps andoptional oldstyle numerals across all weights. [Elsner+Flake:Maxima Now, 2009] [Reichardt 2011]

Design started in 1963. The unpublishedEgeria-Grotesk (1962) may be considered a precursor [Wikipedia]. First weights were issued around 1970 as foundry type. Later adopted for linecasting and electronic typesetting on Linotron and Digiset systems. Also made into wood and dry-transfer type. Until the 1980s, the family was expanded into 15 styles, incl. condensed styles and a shaded weight. There are Cyrillic, Greek, and Vietnamese versions, as well as phonetics. Maybe the first sans serif to feature small caps and optional oldstyle numerals across all weights. [Elsner+Flake:Maxima Now, 2009] [Reichardt 2011]

Digitized in 1981 at Typoart with the help of URW. [Norton] URW sells a version in four styles. [MyFonts] In 2009, Elsner+Flake, who had obtained Typoart’s digital data already in 1985 and 1989, releasedTypoart Maxima (in the 1989/90 expansion stage) and alsoMaxima Now, a redesigned and expanded version developed by Wunderlich in collaboration withElsner+Flake’s design studio under the direction of Günther Flake. [Elsner+Flake:Maxima Now, 2009]