Eckmann® Font Family

Eckmann® Regular (Linotype Originals) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 39.00

Otto Eckmann – born 19. 11. 1865 in Hamburg, Germany, died 11. 6. 1902 in Badenweiler, Germany – painter, graphic artist, type designer. Studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Hamburg and Nuremberg and at the academy in Munich. 1894: gives up painting and concentrates on applied design. Graphic work for the magazines "Pan" (from 1895 onwards) and "Jugend" (from 1896 onwards). Book covers for Cotta, Diederichs, Scherl and Seemann publishers. Designs the logo for S. Fischer publishing house. [...]

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The font Eckmann is named after its designer, Otto Eckmann, and appeared with the Klingspor type foundry in 1900. The influence of the Jugendstil is clear to see in the flowing floral contours of the letters. This font was made for larger point sizes, like on posters, and while relatively legible, it is not meant for smaller print. The font was often used in book titles and advertisements of the 19th century and today Eckmann font is often used to suggest a feeling of nostalgia and is often found on the Jugendstil facades in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.