Rudolf Wolf (typographer)
Rudolf Wolf (born January 2, 1895 in Hechingen , † September 7, 1942 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German typographer and teacher.
Rudolf Wolf studied and obtained his doctorate at the University of Frankfurt . From 1922 to 1942 Wolf worked at the D. Stempel AG type foundry in Frankfurt am Main as head of the advertising department. He developed the Memphis font family in 1930 , originally as an advertising font . In a modification, for example, the title of the Frankfurter Rundschau is based on this font . The original set of the font is stored in the Linotype archive and is distributed by the company.
Publications
- "Fraktur und Antiqua", Frankfurt am Main 1934.
Web links
- Literature by and about Rudolf Wolf in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Monotype GmbH, info@linotype.com: Rudolf Wolf - Linotype Font Designer Gallery. Retrieved February 9, 2018 .
- ↑ https://www.typografie.info/3/Schriften/fonts.html/memphis-r390/ , accessed on Feb. 9, 2018
- ↑ Linotype | formerly Mergenthaler Linotype Company: Company history . In: Typolexikon.de . October 4, 2016 ( typolexikon.de [accessed February 9, 2018]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolf, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German typographer and teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hechingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 1942 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |