Gottfried Pott

Gottfried Pott at an event in the Klingspor Museum in Offenbach am Main (2009)

Gottfried Pott (* 1939 in Oberlahnstein ) is a German typographer , calligrapher , author and teacher.

From 1959 to 1963 he studied graphic design at the Werkkunstschule Wiesbaden under Friedrich Poppl . From 1988 to 2003 he taught as a professor for calligraphy , font design and font history at the Hildesheim University of Applied Sciences .

His most famous fonts are Arioso, Carolina, Duc de Berry, and Ruling Script.

Works

• Calligraphic symphonies. Calligraphic Symphonies. , Schmidt, Mainz, 2010, ISBN 978-3-87439-807-7
• Alphabeta Concertino. Calligraphy exhibition from April 2nd to 18th 1993 , Westerlo Cultural Center, Belgium, 1993
• Calligraphy. First aid and writing training with sample alphabets , Schmidt, Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-87439-675-4
• Calligraphy intensive training , Schmidt, Mainz 2006, ISBN 3874397009
• Writing, sound, image. The Music of Lettering , Schmidt, Mainz, 1995, ISBN 3-87439-364-X
• Workshop impression , calligraphy edition, Hardheim 1989, ISBN 3-926266-02-3

Web links

• Literature by and about Gottfried Pott in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Short biography on the website of the Lahnsteiner Altertumsverein. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 4, 2017 ; accessed on February 4, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.