Erik Faulhaber

Erik Faulhaber (* 1966 in Heidelberg ) is a German designer and typographer .

resume

Faulhaber developed a special relationship with writing in his youth . He later designed and tailored clothes and bags. Activities as a photographer (exhibitions in Karlsruhe, Frankfurt a. M. and Paris), painter and logo designer followed . During his graphic design studies at the HfG in Karlsruhe with Gunter Rambow and Kurt Weidemann , which he graduated with honors, he worked as a freelancer at Linotype (mentor: Adrian Frutiger ). He has been working as a freelance designer since 1996. He was given teaching assignments in the areas of writing and design at universities in Halle, Weimar and Wuppertal.

Font designs

• Quantis (84 styles), published by EFFont in 2016.
• Xenois (60 styles ), published by Linotype in 2013.
• Aeonis (42 styles), published by Linotype in 2009.
• Generis (28 styles), published by Linotype in 2006.

Collaboration in writing projects:

• Compatil (16 styles), published by Linotype in 2001/2005.
• Vialog (22 styles) as the corporate font for Münchner Verkehrsbetriebe, published in 2002 by Linotype.
• Milano (1 cut) for the appearance of the city of Milan .
• Frutiger Next (18 styles), published by Linotype in 2001.

literature

• About the font Bell Gothic, Invers Magazin (4/1998)
• Frutiger - The transformation of a typeface classic. Niggli , Sulgen / Zurich, Sulgen / Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-7212-0520-0

Web links

• Erik Faulhaber's homepage