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Defunct German type foundry
Ludwig & Mayer was a German
type foundry in
Frankfurt am Main , Germany. Many important designers worked for the Ludwig and Mayer type foundry, including
Heinrich Jost ,
Karlgeorg Hoefer , Helmut Matheis, and most notably
Jakob Erbar , whose
Erbar Book was one of the first
geometric sans-serif typefaces, predating both
Paul Renner 's
Futura and
Rudolf Koch 's
Kabel by some five years. Starting in 1925, Ludwig & Mayer types were distributed in the United States by
Continental Type Founders Association . When the foundry ceased operations in 1984, rights to the typefaces was transmitted to the
Neufville Typefoundry .
[1]
These foundry types were produced by Ludwig & Mayer:
[2]
Allemannia Fraktur (1908), later digitized by
Mew Varissara Ophaswongse (2018)
Allright (1936)
Altenburger Gotisch (1928)
Bastard Mediaeval
Beatrice (1931)
Behrens
Chic
Cochin (1922)
Commerciale
Die Mode (1914-1915)
Diplomat (1964), later digitized as
Diploma by
Hans van Maanen (2009)
Excelsior (1914), a script face
Firmin Didot (1929), a version
Didot .
[3]
Hallo (1956)
Kombinette (1932)
Kupferplatte (1950)
Largo (1939)
Luminous
Magnet (1951)
Manolo, an art nouveau faced revived by Ralph Unger as
RMU Manolo (2019)
Nelson (1902), an art nouveau face.
Samson Script
Wren
Achtung (1932,
Erhard Grundeis ), a heavy script face.
[4]
Aeterna (1927,
Heinrich Jost ), also known as Jost Mediaval and offered for machine composition by
Intertype (Berlin) .
[5]
Allegro (1936,
Hans Bohn )
[6]
Altenburger Gotisch (1928,
Hans Wagner ), a fraktur face.
Antiqua die Schlanke (1938/9,
Walter Höhnisch )
Augenheil (1908,
Richard Ludwig )
Big Band (1974,
Karlgeorg Hoefer )
Brigitte (1935,
Albert Christoph Auspurg )
Candida (1936,
Jakob Erbar ), offered for machine composition by
Linotype (Frankfurt) .
[7]
Charleston (1967,
Hace Frey ), an updating of a Victorian display face.
[8]
Charme (1957/8,
Helmut Matheis ), a calligraphic face.
Slogan (1959,
Helmut Matheis ), a bold version of Charme, not to be confused with the
Nebiolo type foundry’s face of the same name.
[9]
Colonia (1938/9,
Walter Ferdinand Kemper ) an early humanist sans.
[10]
Compliment (1965,
Helmut Matheis ), an angular vertical script.
[11]
Contact (1968,
Imre Reiner ), not to be confused with the
American Type Founders face of the same name.
[12]
Dominante (1959,
Johannes Schweitzer ), offered for machine composition by
Simoncini SA (1962) .
[13]
Domino (1959, Alfred Riedel), a
fat face .
[14]
Dynamo (1930,
K. Sommer )
Motor (typeface) (1930,
K. Sommer ), an engraved version of Dynamo.
[15]
Elegance (1968,
Karlgeorg Hoefer )
Erbar-Grotesk (1922-30,
Jakob Erbar ), many faces in this series were also offered for machine composition by
Linotype .
[16]
Express (1952,
Walter Höhnisch ), a script face.
[17]
Feder Grotesk + Fett Feder Grotesk + Feder Italic (1910,
Jakob Erbar )
[18]
Germroth-Deutsch (1935,
G. Germroth ), a blackletter face.
Headline (1964,
Karlgeorg Hoefer )
Hoelderlin (1937/8,
Eugen Weiss ), blackletter face.
Koloss (1923,
Jakob Erbar )
[19]
Kombi (1930,
Karl Hermann Schaefer )
Krimhilde (1934,
Albert Christoph Auspurg )
Lyrisch (1907,
Georg Schiller )
Matheis Mobil (1960,
Helmut Matheis ), a formal script.
[20]
Mona Lisa (1930,
Albert Christoph Auspurg )
[21]
National (Fraktur) (1933/4,
Walter Höhnisch )
Prägefest (1926,
Paul Eduard Lautenbach )
Primadonna (1956,
Helmut Matheis ), a formal script.
Professor-Krause-Fraktur (1930,
Wilhelm Krause ), a blackletter.
Rasse (1924,
Albert Christoph Auspurg )
[22]
Reichert-Gotisch (1930’s,
Joshua Reichert )
Rhapsodie (1949-51,
Ilse Schüle ), a modern romanization of a
Schwabacher blackletter .
[23]
Schlanke + Bold + Semibold (1939,
Walter Höhnisch ), known outside Germany as Slender.
[24]
Schräge National (1933/4,
Walter Höhnisch )
Skizze (1935,
Walter Höhnisch ), a script face also known as Sketch.
[25]
Stereo (1968,
Karlgeorg Hoefer )
[26]
Stop (1939,
Walter Höhnisch ), a dry-brush script face.
[27]
Symphonie (1945,
Imre Reiner ), a highly flourished script sold outside of Germany as Stradivarius.
[28]
Welt (1931,
Hans Wagner ), a slab serif made in at least five weights. Also known as Luxor, Landi (1939-43
Nebiolo Foundry with additional variations by
Alessandro Butti and
Aldo Novarese )), Ramses (
Fonderie Typographique Française ), and Atlas (
Amsterdam Type foundry ), it was also offered for machine composition by
Linotype .
[29]
Welt-Fraktur (1910,
Lorenz Reinhard Spitzenpfeil )
Werbekraft (1926,
Arthur Schulze )
Werk-Fraktur (1918,
Lorenz Reinhard Spitzenpfeil )
Werbeschrift Deutsch (1933,
Walter Höhnisch )
Wolfram (1930,
Hans Wagner ), a heavy upright italic.
[30]
The following faces were originally faces cut for line-casting by
Simoncini SA .
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"Ludwig & Mayer" . Typophile. 2011-11-22. Retrieved 2011-11-22 .
^ Except where noted, this list is compiled from :
"Ludwig & Mayer" . Luc Devroye . School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Retrieved 14 January 2021 .
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