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.
[...]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
[...]Designer Erik Spiekermann created the following fonts: Berliner Grotesk® BQ (1913), Lo-Type® BQ (1914 ,this font has been adapted from the original for use in photosetting applications), ITC Officina Sans® (1990), ITC Officina Serif® (1990).
Please take a look at the personal designer portrait of Erik Spiekermann.
Gustav Jaeger, son of a printer, studied at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach am Main. An enthusiast for type and typography from an early age, he started his career at the Bauer typefoundry, where he developed type specimens promoting the work of Konrad Bauer and Walter Baum. Encouraged by the former, he designed contemporary 1970s display types for H. Berthold AG. He progressed to text types, the first of which, Seneca® BQ, was released by Berthold in 1977. Many others followed,
[...]Designer Nicholas Kis designed the font Kis™ in 1690.
Designer Karl Klauss (born 1888 in Maichingen, died 1956 in Stuttgart) designed the font Arkona® BQ in 1935.
Designer Günter Gerhard Lange designed the following fonts: Arena New® BQ (1951–54), Berthold Script® BQ (1977), Berthold Bodoni Old Face® BQ (1983), Boulevard® BQ (1955), Berthold Calson 471® BQ (1977), Champion™ BQ (1957), Concorde® BQ (1969), Concorde Nova® BQ (1975), El Greco® BQ (1964), Franklin Antiqua® BQ (1976), Berthold Garamond® BQ (1972), Imago® BQ (1982), Solemnis™ (1953), Berthold Walbaum® Book BQ (1975), Berthold
[...]Born 10. 5. 1949 in Hagen. Musician, composer and designer. Hans Reichel created the font Barmeno® BQ in 1983.
Jaguar (1964)Poster (1927)
Arkona, Arrighi, Augustea, Barmeno, Bellevue, Berliner Grotesk, Berthold Baskerville, Berthold Baskerville Book, Berthold City, Berthold Englische Schreibschrift, Berthold Garamond, Berthold Kis and Berthold Standard are trademarks of Berthold Types Limited.
