Carlos Winkow
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Carl Winckow known in Spain
where he spent most of his working life as Carlos Winkow (6 February 1882 – 16 January 1952) was a German
type designer who worked primarily for the Naçional Typefoundry
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Spain
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where he spent most of his working life as Carlos Winkow (6 February 1882 – 16 January 1952) was a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
type designer who worked primarily for the Naçional Typefoundry
Nacional Typefoundry
Fundicion Tipográfica Nacional or the Nacional Typefoundry was for many years the leading type foundry of Spain. It was founded in Madrid in 1915 and functioned there until bought out by Fundicion Tipográfica Neufville of Barcelona in 1971...
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Fonts Designed by Carlos Winkow
- Electra, NaçionalNacional TypefoundryFundicion Tipográfica Nacional or the Nacional Typefoundry was for many years the leading type foundry of Spain. It was founded in Madrid in 1915 and functioned there until bought out by Fundicion Tipográfica Neufville of Barcelona in 1971...
), digitized by Font BureauFont BureauThe Font Bureau, Inc. or Font Bureau is a digital type foundry based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The foundry is one of the leading designers of typefaces, specializing in type designs for magazine and newspaper publishers....
as Romeo. - Elzeviriano Ibarra (1931, Gans TypefoundryFundiciòn Richard GansFundicion Tipografica Richard Gans was a type foundry in business from 1888-1975. Founder, Richard Gans was the son of a doctor from Karlsbad, Austria who emigrated to Spain in 1874 where he founded the business in 1888. After his death in 1925 the foundry was led by Mauricio Wiesenthal until 1936...
), digitized in 2011 by Lucia Walter. - Reporter, (1938, L. Wagner Type FoundryL. Wagner Type FoundryThe Ludwig Wagner Type Foundry was established in 1902 in Leipzig after the veteran punch cutter Ludwig Wagner took over the small foundry Gundelach & Ebersbach in 1901. The beginning of his modern type production and the extension of his business happened before 1914. The large manufacturing...
), reissued as Cursiva Rusinol by NaçionalNacional TypefoundryFundicion Tipográfica Nacional or the Nacional Typefoundry was for many years the leading type foundry of Spain. It was founded in Madrid in 1915 and functioned there until bought out by Fundicion Tipográfica Neufville of Barcelona in 1971... - Naçiona, (1941, NaçionalNacional TypefoundryFundicion Tipográfica Nacional or the Nacional Typefoundry was for many years the leading type foundry of Spain. It was founded in Madrid in 1915 and functioned there until bought out by Fundicion Tipográfica Neufville of Barcelona in 1971...
) - Iberica, (1942, NaçionalNacional TypefoundryFundicion Tipográfica Nacional or the Nacional Typefoundry was for many years the leading type foundry of Spain. It was founded in Madrid in 1915 and functioned there until bought out by Fundicion Tipográfica Neufville of Barcelona in 1971...
), digitized in 1997 by Pat Hickson as Roller. - Alcazar, (1944, NaçionalNacional TypefoundryFundicion Tipográfica Nacional or the Nacional Typefoundry was for many years the leading type foundry of Spain. It was founded in Madrid in 1915 and functioned there until bought out by Fundicion Tipográfica Neufville of Barcelona in 1971...
) - Gong, (1945, L. Wagner Type FoundryL. Wagner Type FoundryThe Ludwig Wagner Type Foundry was established in 1902 in Leipzig after the veteran punch cutter Ludwig Wagner took over the small foundry Gundelach & Ebersbach in 1901. The beginning of his modern type production and the extension of his business happened before 1914. The large manufacturing...
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