Eckmann (font)
Eckmann in the opening credits for the television series A man wants to go up
The Eckmann is a font that Otto Eckmann as a typographer developed 1899th It was brought out for the first time in 1900 by the Rudhard'schen Foundry (later Gebr. Klingspor ) in Offenbach am Main .
Based on Japanese calligraphy , Eckmann designed the font named after him with the help of a brush . He was a pioneer for a whole range of artists who were to design numerous other Art Nouveau printed fonts in the years to come.
literature
- Riegger, Roswitha: Font in Art Nouveau, Freiburg i. B. 1956, pp. 119-135.
- Brinckmann, Justus: The Art Nouveau in Hamburg. In memory of Justus Brinckmann, b. May 23, 1843, d. February 9, 1915, and Otto Eckmann, b. November 19, 1865, d. June 11, 1902. Hamburg 1965.
- Kaiser Wilhelm Museum: Otto Eckmann (1865–1902). A main master of Art Nouveau, Krefeld 1977.
- Museum of Arts and Crafts: The Art Nouveau Collection, Volume 1: Artists A – F, Hamburg 1979, pp. 343–437.
- Simmen, Jeannot: Drawings and prints by Otto Eckmann, 1982.
- Halbey, Hans Adolf: Karl Klingspor. Life and work. A contribution to the history of German writing and type foundry in the 20th century, Offenbach am Main 1991, p. 58.
- Exhib. Cat. 50 years 50 books, ed. from Klingspor Museum Offenbach, Offenbach am Main 2003, p. 26.