Georg Trump – born 10. 7. 1896 in Brettheim, Germany, died 21. 12. 1985 in Munich, Germany – graphic artist, typographer, type designer, painter, teacher.
1912–14: studies at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Stuttgart under J. V. Cissarz and from 1919–23 under F. H. E. Schneidler. 1921: assistant at the school. 1923–26: ceramic artist in Italy. 1926–29: professor at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Bielefeld. 1930–35: works with the H. Berthold AG type foundry in Berlin and from 1937 onwards with the C.
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Prof. Georg Trump (1896-1985) was a teacher of graphics and a type designer with a particular interest in scripts.
His major work was the old face type family, Trump Mediaeval.
This font designed for hot metal type setting features very small capital letters in an upright position in contrast to the lower case alphabets being right angled.
This font has a calligraphic feel, especially the lower cases showing the artist's handwriting with a feather.
A font with a personal flair, for
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