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Walbaum is the name given to serif typefaces in the "Didone" or modern style that are, or revive the work of early nineteenth-century punchcutter Justus Erich Walbaum, based in Goslar and Weimar.
Walbaum-style typefaces are "rational" in design, with minimal serifs and strong contrast between thin horizontal and thick vertical strokes, following the work of typefounders such as Firmin Didot and Giambattista Bodoni. They are often used in publishing and remain very popular in Germany. Walbaum also designed fraktur blackletter typefaces, which similarly have a complex and precise design.
In the twentieth century, Walbaum's work was revived by several companies and digital revivals exist from František Štorm (in a release with optical sizes), Monotype, the Berthold Type Foundry, Linotype and others.