Die Calligraphy wurde von professionellen Typografen jahrelang vernachlässigt und in die kunsthandwerkliche Ecke gestellt. In den Vereinigten Staaten dagegen – so zeigen seit Jahren die Ergebnisse der Type-Directors-Show – gilt "Lettering" als wichtige Disziplin – auch in der Werbung. Mit dem zunehmenden Einsatz von Handschriften und handschriften-inspirierten Schriftfonts ist auch das Interesse an der Calligraphy neu erwacht. Nachfolgend einige Einblicke in die Welt der Calligraphy, verfaßt
[...]Calligraphy has long been neglected by many professional typographers, but the Type Directors Show suggests that “Lettering” is an important discipline in the field of typography in the United States. The number of fonts inspired by handwriting is growing along with the interest in calligraphy. Linotype presents here a look into the world of calligraphy, written by the internationally known expert, Gottfried Pott.
Gottfried Pott
Gottfried Pott, born 1939, studied graphic design
[...]Still searching for the perfect font or ornament for this year’s Christmas cards or holiday party invitations? Allow us to come to the rescue! Before you give up hope, make sure to visit our new X-Mas Font Feature page. Here we’ve collected images showing great ways to use a number of appropriate text, headline, and symbol fonts. We are sure to have the style you are looking for!
Adrian Frutiger ha trabajado estrechamente con Linotype durante varios decenios. A lo largo de los profusos años de su fructífera colaboración, hemos recopilado un buen número de fotografías de Adrian Frutiger. Estas imágenes nos permiten vislumbrar distintos periodos y puntos culminantes de su vida hasta el momento. Tenemos fotos en las que está trabajando en su estudio, momentos de su vida junto a sus tipos de letra e incluso imágenes más recientes en las que está trabajando con Akira
[...]No hace falta arena para disfrutar de esta colección playera, Beach Party. Estos diseños combinan imágenes desde los surferos de los años 1960 hasta las cabañas tiki pasando por DJ mezclando música tecno en la playa. Así que no importa si quiere usarlos para promocionar una fiesta, documentar aventuras de un viaje o diseñar paquetes de productos estivales, estos tipos de letra sabrán transmitir esa sensación de “placer bajo el sol”.
Los clientes de todo el mundo visitan Linotype.com cada día para adquirir las fuentes. A continuación, encontrará una lista con las 20 familias tipográficas más solicitadas por nuestros clientes en 2008. ¿Las conoce todas?
Aquí encontrará una selección de gemas tipográficas ocultas. Puede que ya conozca algunos de estos diseños … ¿pero los conoce todos?
Esperamos que se divierta navegando por esta selección.
3 collections of calligraphic typefaces of yesterday for the typographer of today
Using the slogan "Type before Gutenberg" well-known calligraphers had been invited to design historical original handwritten fonts for modern typesetting.
3 collections are now available entitled "Type before Gutenberg" which contain fonts from different ages before Gutenberg.
The fonts from Type before Gutenberg 2:
Beneta™ regular, Beneta regular DFR, Beneta Ornaments
Karlgeorg Hoefer designed
[...]Frutiger® – la imparable fuente sans serif classic.
Consiga los originales de Linotype como fuentes únicas, en un Value Pack o en CD.
Acerca de Frutiger
El famoso diseñador tipográfico Adrian Frutiger creó una obra maestra con esta fuente tipográfica. Ante el desafío de diseñar un tipo excepcionalmente legible para las señales del aeropuerto Charles de Gaulle en París, desarrolló lo que ahora es el legendario conjunto Frutiger en 1968. La fuente tipográfica Linotype original no ha
[...]Swedish designer Lutz Baar creates noteworthy and well-rounded typefaces with a modern and contemporary vibe.
More about the fonts:
Linotype Atlantis™
Atlantis is classified as a European sans serif. In comparison to its American cousins, which display the heavier influence of an antiqua, the European version usually have strictly constructed forms. Those of Atlantis are based on the geometric forms of the circle, square and rectangle. The a is rather stout and the g has an open descender,
[...]Gottfried Pott is an excellent expert in calligraphic handwriting. He designed famous fonts for Linotype and is author of numerous publications.
More about the fonts:
Arioso™
Arioso stems from an early form of Old Face, developed during the 14th and 15th centuries in Italy. The style mixed Roman capital letter forms with Carolingian minuscule for the lower case. This combination puts it in the same basic family as many other Italic Chancery typefaces, like Hermann Zapf's ITC Zapf
[...]Adrian Frutiger is considered one of the most important typeface artists of the 20th century. He has been the creator of such internationally renowned typefaces as Avenir™, Linotype Centennial™, Frutiger™, Icone™, Meridien™ and Univers™. Numerous prizes distinguish his pioneering work in the fields of typography and the graphic arts.
More about the fonts:
Apollo™
The text typeface Apollo was designed by Adrian Frutiger in 1962–64, and was one of the first fonts produced by Monotype for
[...]Pierre Simon Fournier – born 15. 9. 1712 in Paris, France, died 8. 10. 1768 in Paris, France – type founder, punch cutter, type designer – known as Fournier le Jeune.
Trains at the company of his father, Jean Claude Fournier. 1737: develops a typographical system of measures which F. A. Didot reworks. 1739: opens his own type foundry. 1742: publishes a book of type specimens which is printed by J. J. Barbou. In total, Fournier cuts 60,000 punches for c. 150 of his own alphabets. 1760:
[...]John Baskerville – born 28. 1. 1706 in Wolverley, Worcestershire, England, died 8. 1. 1775 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England – type designer, writing master, printer.
1725: moves to Birmingham. 1733–37: writing master in Birmingham. 1750: sets up his own type foundry and printing works. 1757: his first printed book is published, an edition of Virgil. 1758: publishes an edition of John Milton’s "Paradise Lost". 1758: appointed printer to the University of Cambridge. Here he produces
[...]Giabattista Bodoni – born 16. 2. 1740 in Saluzzo, Piedmont, Italy, died 30. 11. 1813 in Parma, Italy – engraver, type designer, typographer, printer, publisher.
1758–66: typesetter in the Vatican’s Propaganda Fide printing works. 1766: the Duke of Parma invites Bodoni to set up an run a printing works. 1768: begins working in the Stamperia Reale. 1770: opens his own type foundry. 1771: publishes his first typographical contribution "Fregi e Majuscole". 1782: Charles III of Spain names Bodoni
[...]Georges Auriol (real name: Jean Georges Huyot) – born 1863 in Beauvais, France, died 1938 in Paris, France – type designer, graphic artist, painter, author.
1883: joins the editorial staff of the magazine "Chat Noir", the literary organ of the cabaret of the same name in Paris. 1900: Auriol designs several alphabets at the request of Georges Peignot, director of the type foundry Peignot & Sons. Friends with Th.-A. Steinlen and H. de Toulouse Lautrec.
Fonts: Auriol® (1901–1904), La
[...]Über die Lesbarkeit
Unter dem Einfluss der verschieden Druckverfahren hat die lateinische Textschrift subtile Formveränderungen erfahren. Grundsätzlich neue Formen sind jedoch keine entstanden. Als Demonstration dafür sind acht a in den meistgelesenen Schriftstilen mit einem Drehraster versehen und übereinander kopiert. Das Resultat zeigt eine erstaunliche Übereinstimmung.
Frederic William Goudy – born 8. 3. 1865 in Bloomington, USA, died 11. 5. 1947 in Malborough-on-Hudson, USA – type designer, typographer, publisher, teacher.
1888: book-keeper for credit and mortgage companies. 1889: moves to Chicago, works in real estate. 1892: launches "Modern Advertising" magazine which issues only a few numbers. 1895: opens a print workshop in Chicago and prints the "American Chap-Book". 1897: designs his first type, Camelot Old Style. Produces typographical designs for
[...]Victor Hammer – born 9. 12. 1882 in Vienna, Austria, died 10. 7. 1967 in Lexington, USA – printer, painter, graphic artist, architect, type designer, sculptor, teacher, publisher.
1897: apprenticeship with an architect and town planner. 1898: studies at the art academy in Vienna. 1922: moves to Florence. Opens and runs a printing workshop in Florence. 1923: makes the acquaintance of Rudolf Koch. 1929: he and his printing works move into the Villa Santuccio in Florence and the business is
[...]Nicolaus Jenson – born 1420 in Sommevoire, France, died 1480 in Venice, Italy – type founder, punch cutter, printer, publisher.
It is thought Jenson was punch cutter (master of the mint) for the royal mint in Tours or Paris. 1458: Carl VII sends Jenson to Mainz to learn the technique of movable metal type and bring it back to Paris. Spends time in Frankfurt am Main. From 1468 onwards: Jenson is in Venice, where he opens and runs his printing workshop which produces c. 150 books. Produces his
[...]"Type is made to be read", he reminded, "and that implies a reader. It may usefully be asked what does that all-important but often disregarded person expect? He expects nothing but to be left in optical ease while he pursues his reading."
Rudolf Ruzicka (1883–1978) was a consultant to Mergenthaler Linotype Company for 50 years. Considered a distinguished engraver in wood and metal and an accomplished and versatile artist and designer of his time, he was recommended to C. H. Griffith,
[...]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.
[...]Born: London, 5 April 1945
Education: Kings College, Taunton, and Cambridge School of Art.
Art director, caricaturist and type designer.
ART DIRECTOR
The Wall Street Journal Europe
1999 –
Die Welt
1998–1999
Redesigned the newspaper; Drew daily editorial cartoons.
Drew logotype for Berliner Morgenpost
International Herald Tribune
1987–1998
Redesigned the newspaper. Drew editorial cartoons.
The New York Times
1978–1987
Designed the Financial sections and business
[...]The designer Arthur Baker created the following fonts: Amigo™, Baker Signet™, Kigali™, Marigold™, Oxford™, Pelican™, Sassafras™, Visigoth™.
Lucian Bernhard – born 15. 3. 1883 in Stuttgart, Germany, died 29. 5. 1972 in New York, USA – graphic artist, illustrator, painter, type designer, interior designer, teacher. Born as Emil Kahn, he assumes his pseudonym in 1905. Mostly self-taught, he studied briefly at the Akademie iin Munich.
1901: moves to Berlin. 1903: wins a poster competition for Priester matches. 1904: art director of the Deutsche Werkstätten für Handwerkskunst. 1910: works with Hans Sachs on the publication of the
[...]The American calligrapher and type designer Alan Blackman created Galahad™ in 1994. Galahad is a sans serif font with a calligraphic flair particularly suited for displays, although its open geometric forms make it a good choice for shorter texts as well. Galahad also includes old style figures and alternate characters, making it a very flexible font.
Galahad is part of the Linotype Library.
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The designer Victor Caruso created the fonts ITC Bauhaus® (with Edward Benguiat, 1975), ITC Clearface®, ITC Franklin Gothic™, ITC Friz Quadrata bold, Friz Quadrata™ and ITC Kabel®.
The designer Sigrid Engelmann created the font ITC Golden Type® together with Helga Jörgenson and Andrew Newton in 1989. ITC Golden Type is a revival of a font of British designer William Morris. Based on the roman designs of Nicholas Jenson, Golden Type was so named because it was first used to print The Golden Legend in 1892. Hint: this typeface should not be used in small point sizes or with tight letterspacing.
ITC Golden Type contains five weights: ITC Golden Type original, ITC Golden
[...]David Farey (born 1943) created the fonts ITC Beesknees™ (1991), Bodoni™ Unique, Cachet™, Font, Gabardine, Greyhound™, ITC Highlander® (1993), ITC Johnston™ (with Richard Dawson, 1999), Little Louis, ITC Ozwald® (1992), Virgin Roman, Zemestro™ (2003), Tanseek Modern™ (with Arlette Boutros, Mourad Boutros, Richard Dawson, 2008), Tanseek Traditional™ (with Arlette Boutros, Mourad Boutros, Richard Dawson, 2008), Azbuka™ (with Richard Dawson, 2008).
Friz Quadrata™ is the work of a number of collaborators. The first weight was created by Swiss designer Ernst Friz and made its first international appearance with the design release of Visual Graphics Corporations. ITC then arranged with VGC so that Victor Caruso could add a bold weight to the original. Finally, in 1992, French designer Thierry Puyfoulhoux designed italic weights for both the original and bold weights.
The late Phill Grimshaw was a prolific designer who delighted in the sheer fun and challenge of drawing display typefaces. His fonts reflect his understanding of calligraphy, his own imagination for dynamic letterforms, and his knack for drawing a great variety of styles. After studying at the Royal College of Art in London in the 1970s, he settled in his native Manchester in northern England to work as a lettering artist. He developed a specialization in type design, influenced and encouraged
[...]Gustavs Andrejs Grinbergs was born in 1943 in Riga, Latvia. He is a member of the Latvian Association of Artists.
Activities in the following creative areas: publication design, advertising design, logos and art production.
Gustavs A. Grinbergs about himself:
"In 1987 in addition to the traditional tools such as brush, indian ink and paper, I started using digital technology for type design. Since then my main fields of work are creating my own original typeface designs and adapting Latin
[...]André Gürtler – born 5. 9. 1936 in Basle, Switzerland – graphic designer, typographer, type designer, teacher.
1952–56: trains as a typesetter. First exercises in calligraphy. 1957: further training as a typographical designer with Emil Ruder. First exercises in type design. 1958–59: letterer for the Monotype Corporation in Salfords, England. 1959–65: type designer and typographer with Adrian Frutiger in Paris. Works for Sofratype SA for two years. Teaches lettering for a year at the
[...]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
[...]German designer Helga Jörgenson created the font ITC Golden Type® in 1989 together with Sigrid Engelmann and Andrew Newton. ITC Golden Type is a revival of a font of British designer William Morris. Based on the roman designs of Nicholas Jenson, Golden Type was so named because it was first used to print The Golden Legend in 1892. Hint: this typeface should not be used in small point sizes or with tight letterspacing.
In 1995 Helga Jörgenson created ITC Dinitials™. "When I started drawing the
[...]The German designer Herbert Maring (born July 12, 1923 in Heilbronn) created the font Clairvaux™ in 1991. Herbert Maring developed his Clairvaux™ based on early Gothic typefaces. Its clever design resulted in highly stylized yet legible characters.
Clairvaux™ contains one weight, Clairvaux ™regular/Clairvaux™ DFR.*
DFR layouts (Deutsche Fraktur) include historic ligatures and a long s. They are provided free of charge with many black and broken letter faces from the Linotype Library.
For
[...]Designer Alan Meeks (born 1951 in London) created the following fonts: Ambrose™, Aachen medium and bold (with Colin Brignall, 1969/1977), Algerian™ Condensed (1988), Astoria, Belwe™ Mono (1976/1989), Bertie™ (1985), Bickley™ Script (1986), Bramley™ (1979), Brigade, Burlington™ (1985), Cabaret™ (1980), Campaign™ (1987), Cancellaresca™ Script (1982), Candice™ (1976), Chalfont, Champers™ (1991), Chesterfield™ (1977), Claude™ Sans (1988/1990), Copacabana, Dynamo (with
[...]Serbian designer Slobodan Miladinov created the fonts ITC Beorama™ (1998), ITC Coconino™ (1998) and ITC Freemouse™ (1996).
The designer Andrew Newton created the font ITC Golden Type® together with Sigrid Engelmann and Helga Jörgenson in 1989. ITC Golden Type is a revival of a font of British designer William Morris. Based on the roman designs of Nicholas Jenson, Golden Type was so named because it was first used to print The Golden Legend in 1892. Hint: this typeface should not be used in small point sizes or with tight letterspacing.
ITC Golden Type contains five weights: ITC Golden Type original, ITC Golden
[...]The Italian designer Antonio Pace created the font Linotype Gianotten™ in 2000. Linotype Gianotten is a new interpretation of the classic Bodoni font. For this adaptation of the modern face, Antonio Pace went back to Giambattista Bodoni’s original punches, kept in a museum in Parma, and reinterpreted the 200-year-old characters for the world of modern digital technology. Rigorous design and the organic, unadorned construction of the individual characters give Linotype Gianotten a contemporary,
[...]Gottfried Pott, born 1939, studied graphic design at the Werkkunstschule in Wiesbaden with emphasis in lettering art under Prof. Friedrich Poppl. At the same time studies in painting with Prof. Vincent Weber and studies in music with Peter Kempin. Activities: Exhibits, workshops, development of type faces, as well as limited edition publication of calligraphic works. Since 1988 Professor for Calligraphy and Lettering Design at the University for Applied Science and Art at Hildesheim/Holzminden.
[...]The French designer Thierry Pulfoulhoux (born 1961) created the font ITC Korigan™ in 1997. ITC Korigan is uncial typeface which he wanted to offer as an alternative to Victor Hammer's American Unicial™, which remains for him "the uncial character of reference." The roundness of an uncial gives it the look of pearls on a string, as Hammer said, and ITC Korigan is true to its heritage in this respect. Despite the roundness, however, the forms remain familiar and legible to the modern eye.
Carol Twombly – born 13. 6. 1959 in Concord, USA – type designer. Studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and at Stanford University.
1984: is awarded 1st prize in the Morisawa type competition in Japan for he Mirarae typeface. 1988: joins Adobe and designs Adobe’s first original display typefaces (Trajan, Charlemagne and Lithos).
Fonts: Mirarae (1984), Charlemagne™ (1989), Lithos™ (1989), Adobe Trajan™ (1989), Caslon™ (1990), Myriad® (1992), Viva™ (1993), Nueva™ (1994) and
[...]American printer, typographer and type designer Frederic Warde (born 1894 in Wells, Minnesota, USA, died 1939 in New York, USA) created the font Centaur®. Bruce Rogers originally designed the exquisite, classical Centaur for the Metropolitan Museum in 1914. The forms are based on those of the famous Renaissance printer Nicolas Jenson. The italic, designed in 1925 by Frederic Warde, was originally called Arrighi. Warde modelled the italic forms on the Italika of Ludovico Vicentino, a 16th
[...]The German designer Renate Weise created the fonts Linotype Charon™ (1999) and Scriptuale™ (2003).
Linotype Charon is part of the TakeType Library, chosen from the entries of the 1999 International Digital Type Design Contest.
Renate Weise studied fine arts in Mainz and works today as a freelance artist. Weise sees Charon as "a typeface with two sides to it. Charon is objective and classic, but not neutral, not an everyday typeface. Charon is modern and its animated, curving letters seek
[...]German designer Hermann Zapf created the following fonts:
Aldus® (1954), Aldus Nova (2005), Aurelia™ (1983), Comenius® Antiqua BQ (1976), Edison™ (1978), Kompakt™ (1954), Marconi® (1976), Medici® Script (1971), Melior® (1952), Noris Script® (1976), Optima® (1958), Optima nova (2002), Orion™ (1974), Palatino™® (1950), Palatino nova (2005), Palatino™ Sans (2006), Saphir™ (1953), Sistina® (1950), Vario™ (1982), Venture™ (1969), Virtuosa® Classic (2009),
[...]Swedish designer Lutz Baar created the following fonts:
Linotype Atlantis™ (1999), Balder™ (1994), Linotype Feltpen™ (1997), Linotype Kaliber™ (1999), Linotype Nordica™ (1997), Linotype Ordinar™ (1999), Linotype Pisa™ (1997).
Please take a look at the personal designer portrait of Lutz Baar.
Designer Franko Luin created the following fonts: Ad Hoc, Baskerville™ Classico, Birka™, Bodoni™ Classico, Carniola™, Caslon Classico™, Devin™, Dialog™, Emona™, Esperanto™, Fortuna™, Garamond Classico™, Griffo Classico™, Humana™, Isolde™, Jenson Classico™, Jesper™, Jonatan™, Kalix™, Kasper™, Kis Classico™, Marco Polo™, Memento™, Miramar™, Norma™, Nyfors™, Odense™, Omnibus™, Pax™, Pax™ #2, Persona™, Ragnar™, Res Publica™, Rustika™, Saga™, Semper™, Transport™, Vega™.
Franko Luin, born 6. 4.
[...]Robert Granjon – born 1513, died 16. 11. 1589 in Rome, Italy– type founder, punch cutter, publisher..
It is assumed that Robert was the son of the Paris printer and publisher Jean Granjon. Trained as a goldsmith. From 1543 onwards: punch cutter in Paris. 1543–48: works as a steel punch cutter. 1549: his first book is published in Paris, a pocket book edition of the New Testament in Greek and Latin. 1550–51: works with type founder Michel Felandat. 1556–57: works as a punch cutter, type
[...]German designer Gudrun Zapf von Hesse created the following fonts:
Alcuin® (1991), Ariadne® (1954), Carmina® (1986), Christiana® (1991), Colombine® (1991), Diotima® (1952), Diotima® Classic (2008), Nofret® (1984) Shakespeare™ (1968), Smaragd™ (1953).
Please take a look at the personal designer portrait of Gudrun Zapf von Hesse.
The two British type designers Richard Dawson and Dave Farey created the fonts ITC Golden Cockerel™ (1996) and ITC Johnston™ (1999).
Richard Dawson and David Farey created in 2008 also Tanseek Modern™ and Tanseek Traditional™, together with Arlette Boutros and Mourad Boutros, and Azbuka™
Aldus, Basilia, Delphin, Diotima, Fairfield and Linotype Centennial are trademarks of Linotype Corp. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions in the name of Linotype Corp. or its licensee Linotype GmbH. Auriol is a trademark of Linotype GmbH registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions. Anasdair, Balder, Beneta, Carolina, Clairvaux, Clearface Gothic, Codex, Duc de Berry, Fette Fraktur, Linotype Brewery, Linotype Buckingham Fraktur, Linotype Charon, Linotype Gianotten, Linotype Gneisenauette and Stempel Garamond are trademarks of Linotype GmbH and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.
Charlemagne and Galahad are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions.
Belwe, Bramley, Burlington, Cult, Frances, ITC Bodoni, ITC Braganza, ITC Dave's Raves, ITC Drycut, ITC Founder's Caslon, ITC Freemouse and ITC Golden Cockerel are trademarks of International Typeface Corporation and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.
ITC Golden Type is a trademark of International Typeface Corporation registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and which may be registered in certain other jurisdictions.
Uncial is a trademark of Monotype Imaging Inc. and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.
Baskerville Classico is a trademark of Omnibus.
Bernhard Modern, Cloister and Goudy Text are trademarks of The Monotype Corporation and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.
Albertus and Centaur are trademarks of The Monotype Corporation registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.
Baker Signet is a trademark of VGC Corporation.
