Introduction
Many typeface catalogs, including our own, group all serif typefaces together under one umbrella-category. But in truth, there are many different kinds of serifs, e.g., Renaissance serifs, baroque serifs, unbracketed modern serifs, Latin serifs, wedge serifs, etc. One of the most popular styles of seriffed letter, especially for display type, remains the slab serif.
The slab serif is a genre of letterforms that has been in use for almost 200 years. Throughout this time, many
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Hermann Eidenbenz – born 4. 9. 1902 in Cannanore, India, died 25. 2. 1993 in Basle, Switzerland – graphic artist, teacher.
1918–22: studies at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zurich. 1923–25: graphic artist for Wilhelm Deffke in Berlin. 1925–26: graphic artist for Ol H. W. Hadank in Berlin. 1926–32: teacher of type and graphics at the Kunstgewerbeschule Magdeburg. 1932_53: has a graphics studio in Basle with his brothers Reinhold and Willy. 1937: works on the Swiss pavilion for the world
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