Ludwig & Mayer
Ludwig & Mayer was a type foundry in Frankfurt am Main .
The company was founded in 1875 as the CJ Ludwig type foundry by Jean Noel Carl Ludwig in Eckenheimer Landstrasse . Ludwig had previously worked for the Flinsch type foundry as an accountant for ten years. After Ludwig Mayer joined as a partner in 1883, the company traded as Ludwig & Mayer. In 1911 the company moved to Hanauer Landstrasse 187/189. The factory was destroyed in the Second World War and rebuilt in the post-war years. In the 1950s the company was again one of the leading font manufacturers in Germany and cooperated with the Italian manufacturer Simoncini.
Well-known font designers who worked for Ludwig & Mayer included Fritz Helmuth Ehmcke , Jakob Erbar , Karlgeorg Hoefer , Walter Höhnisch and Ilse Schüle .
The company was closed in 1984/85. The font manufacturer Neufville in Barcelona took over the rights to the popular fonts .
Well-known writings
- Candida by Jakob Erbar, 1936
- Rhapsody by Ilse Schüle, 1951
- Permanent by Karlgeorg Hoefer, 1962
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.frankfurt-nordend.de/das_taetige_frankfurt.htm
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
