The new Mediaval is based on the Holzl Mediaval typeface designed by Emil Holzl in 1913. The aim of this work was to revitalise his typeface design and make it suitable for contemporary use, while at the same time preserving its original identity. Emil Holzl developed a typeface that was considered quite unusual at the beginning of the 20th century. Holzl looked back to medieval design principles and attempted to transfer them into the contemporary context of his time. As Emil Holzl once did, the resulting font Neue Mediaval attempts to transfer past considerations into the present.