English Deutsch Français

Beneta™ Roman DFR

- by Karlgeorg Hoefer
PDF sample
Add  to your list of favorite fonts
Add to favorites

Beneta™ Roman DFR
  Format: Windows TrueType

Price: US$ 39.00
  
... is part of the Beneta™ Font Family, comprising altogether 3 fonts in Windows TrueType format.
Character set features:
alternates fraktur
230 characters
Character maps: Encoding map   
Product is contained in:
Beneta™ Complete Family Value Pack
Type before Gutenberg 2 Value Pack
Technical information  

Beneta™ Roman DFR
  Format: Windows PostScript

Price: US$ 39.00
  
... is part of the Beneta™ Font Family, comprising altogether 3 fonts in Windows PostScript format.
Character set features:
alternates fraktur
231 characters
Character maps: Encoding map   
Product is contained in:
Beneta™ Complete Family Value Pack
Type before Gutenberg 2 Value Pack
Technical information  

Beneta™ Roman DFR
  Format: Mac PostScript

Price: US$ 39.00
  
... is part of the Beneta™ Font Family, comprising altogether 3 fonts in Mac PostScript format.
Character set features:
alternates fraktur
231 characters
Character maps: Encoding map   
Product is contained in:
Beneta™ Complete Family Value Pack
Type before Gutenberg 2 Value Pack
Technical information  

Other families by this designer ...

Linotype Font Sample for Bigband™ Font Family
Linotype Font Sample for Notre Dame™ Font Family
Linotype Font Sample for Omnia™ Font Family
Linotype Font Sample for Saltino™ Font Family
Linotype Font Sample for Salto™ Font Family
Linotype Font Sample for San Marco™ Font Family
Linotype Font Sample for Sho™ Font Family

Documents referring to this product ...

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 [...]

About Beneta™ Roman DFR ...

Linotype usage sample for Beneta™ Roman DFR
Designer: Karlgeorg Hoefer, 1995
Beneta™ Roman DFR belongs to the Beneta™ Font Family which is part of the Linotype Originals.
Karlgeorg Hoefer designed Beneta in 1991, inspired by the Littera beneventana, the script of the Benedictine scribes from the 10th to the 12th century. During this time, scribes began to use wider pens and set them at a 45 degree angle to the paper, which caused their scripts to have radical stroke contrasts. This script was mainly used for books and certificates but disappeared by the end of the 13th century. Beneta revives the characteristics of this historic script, changing a line of text into an almost ornamental space. Beneta should be used in middle to larger point sizes for shorter texts and headlines.
Search this or similar products by the following keywords: Ancient, Blackletter, Broken faces, Decorative, DFR, Elegant, Fine, Handmade, individual, Italian, long s, Personal.

Beneta is a trademark of Linotype GmbH and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.

For further information do not hesitate to contact us via:

Phone:+49 (0) 6172 484-418
Fax:+49 (0) 6172 484-429
e-mail:info@linotype.com
Copyright © 2008 Linotype GmbH. All rights reserved.
We reserve the right of errors and changes.
Top of page
Page last edited: 2008-02-27