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I am trying to identify this typeface (the letterforms in "Isopan" and "Feinkorn Film," etc) used on 1930s-era packaging of Agfa camera films. It has similar characteristics to a few Antiqua typefaces of the 1910s through 1930s, including Bravoura and Lipsia-Antiqua, however the lower case 'g,' uppercase 'F,' and lower case 's' are different and distinctive.

I'm fairly certain it would be a typeface from a German (or Austrian) foundry and likely to have been introduced between 1900 and 1930.

Any suggestions?
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Sorry, but what you posted is an example of a completely hand-lettered package design (look closely at the two Fs of Feinkorn and Film—they don't match).

 

Similar for Isopan = Melina, a digital typeface based on 1920s typeface Greco.

 

Similar for the rest = a heavier weight of Henriette, or Jimbo

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