Salto™ Font Family

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Karlgeorg Hoefer was born on February 6th, 1914 in Schlesisch-Drehnow. Following schooling in Schlesien and Hamburg, he served a four-year typesetting apprenticeship from 1930-1934 in Hamburg. After two years of military service, he studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule (School of Arts and Crafts) in Offenbach am Main and then worked in Potsdam. From 1939 until 1945 he was in active military service and was also a prisoner of the Russians. His activities as a calligrapher began after his [...]

Prof. Karlgeorg Hoefer was one one the most influential calligraphers of the 20th Century. Aside from leading numerous workshops inside the United States, as well as abroad, he taught for decades at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach am Main (Germany). One of his most representative typefaces is Salto, which he developed in 1952 for the Klingspor foundry in Offenbach. More about the fonts: Beneta™ Karlgeorg Hoefer designed Beneta in 1991, inspired by the Littera beneventana, the [...]

Salto font was developed by Karlgeorg Hoefer and introduced in 1952 by the foundry Gebr. Klingspor in Offenbach. The capital letters were drawn with a brush, the lower case with a broad-tipped pen developed by Hoefer especially for the task. Salto font reflects the Zeitgeist of the 1950s, appearing frequently in advertisements during the years of the Wirtschaftswunder. The font's extravagance and dynamic quality arise from the contrast between the strong, zestful capitals and the more reserved lower case letters.
Read more what the american Klingspor foundry once has published in 1953 about Salto:
"We are excited about Salto - and no wonder! It's a new type that really is new - not a duplicate of some existing letter. With its strong colour and rhytmicaldrawing it has a colossal effect even in short lines - you will find it can't be ignored! The designer, Karlgeorg Hoefer, has found a new approach with his clever blend of brush capitals and pen drawn lowercase, and the result is instantly eyecatching wherever it is used. If it is important to you to keep up with the latest trends in types - if your customer demand novelty in their work - you would do well to get full details of Salto. It has already had a promising start and experts predict for a long and active life"