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
[...]Bernhard Fashion (1929)
The German-born designer Lucian Bernhard designed Bernhard Fashion in 1929. An “American” typeface, Bernhard’s original design was created for the American Type Founders (ATF). It bespeaks the spirit of the roaring 20s. The hairline-thin letters exhibit elongated ascenders (but not descenders), and many stylized elements. The capital letters also all descend visibly below the baseline. In text, the extra large capitals seem almost like drop caps. This typeface is best
[...]Bernhard Condensed Bold (1912)
German designer Lucian Bernhard developed Bernhard Antiqua, the first of his many typefaces, in 1912. The Flinsch foundry in Frankfurt/Main cast the first weights; further weights followed in the 1920s (these were produced by Bauer, which had acquired Flinsch). Bernhard Condensed Bold, the only one of Bernhard Antiqua’s weights currently available in digital form, is a design with marked historical influence. Available through the Linotype Library, it brings the
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La fonte Bernhard Modern a été créée en 1937 par Lucian Bernhard, qui a vécu en Allemagne et aux États-Unis. Comme de nombreuses polices de l'époque, Bernhard Modern possède une hauteur médiane réduite et des ascendantes généreuses. Elle présente également des traits marqués, dessinés avec une mine large. La principale caractéristique de cette police est son g minuscule. Bernhard Modern, élégante et maniérée, est idéale pour les textes longs ou de taille moyenne, ainsi que les titres, auxquels elle confère une touche historique subtile.
