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Lange
Günter Gerhard Lange
Günter Gerhard Lange,
born in 1921
at Frankfurt a. d. Oder
german type designer, typographer and teacher
(most famous fonts: AG Buch, Concorde, Imago, Bodoni Old Face, new interpretation of Garamond, of Caslon, of Baskerville, Walbaum)



Morison
Stanley Morison
Stanley Morison
1889–1967
english typugrapher, type designer
(most famous font: Times)


Renner
Paul Renner
Paul Renner, Wernigerode
1878–1956
English type designer, graphic artist, painter, author and teacher
(most famous font: Futura, Renner Antiqua)




Spiekermann
Erik Spiekermann
Erik Spiekermann, Berlin
born in 1947
german typographer, type designer and author
(most famous fonts: Berliner Grotesk, Info, Lo-Type, Meta, Officina)


Trump
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Georg Trump, Brettheim
1896–1985
german graphic artist, type designer, painter and teacher
(most famous fonts: City, Codex, Delphin, Trump Mediaeval)

Tschichold
Tschichold
Jan Tschichold, Leipzig
1902–1974
german type designer, calligrapher, typographer, author and teacher; einer der Wortführer der Bauhaus-Epoche
(most famous font: Sabon-Antiqua)

Zapf
Hermann Zapf
Hermann Zapf, Nürnberg
born in 1918
german typographer, type designer, calligrapher, author and teacher
(most famous fonts: Aldus, Optima, Palatino, Melior, Zapf Book, Zapf Dingbats)


Zapf-von-Hesse
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Gudrun Zapf-von-Hesse, Schwerin
born in 1918
german bookbinder, type designer and teacher
(most famous fonts: Diotima, Smaragd, Ariadne)


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