Font Designer – Otto Eckmann
1894: gives up painting and concentrates on applied design. Graphic work for the magazines "Pan" (from 1895 onwards) and "Jugend" (from 1896 onwards). Book covers for Cotta, Diederichs, Scherl and Seemann publishers. Designs the logo for S. Fischer publishing house. 1897: teaches ornamental painting at the Unterrichtsanstalt des Königlichen Kunstgewerbemuseums in Berlin. 1899: designs the logo for "Die Woche" magazine. 1900–02: graphic work for the Allgemeine Elektrizitätsgesellschaft (AEG).
Fonts: Eckmann-Schrift (1900), Fette Eckmann (1902).
* TYPOGRAPHY – An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Throughout History by Friedrich Friedl, Nicolaus Ott (Editor), Bernard Stein, published by Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH