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.
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Font Designer: Georg Trump, 1951
Prof. Georg Trump (1896-1985) was a teacher of graphics and a type designer with a particular interest in scripts.
His major work was the old face type family, Trump Mediaeval.
Delphin®, designed for hot metal type setting, features very small capital letters in an upright position in contrast to the lower case alphabets being right angled.
This font has a calligraphic feel, especially the lower cases showing the artist's handwriting with a
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