Mengelt Basel Antiqua was designed by Christian Mengelt and published by Linotype. Mengelt Basel Antiqua contains 8 styles and family package options.
Inspired by the excellent serif fonts of the Basel printer of the 15th and 16 Century, Christian Mengelt designed the Mengelt Basel Antiqua. The typeface is a Renaissance Antiqua with stylistic reference to the historical model, but with the technical and typographic qualities of a modern text typeface with excellent reading quality.