Hans Bohn
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Hans Bohn was a German graphic artist and typographer. He developed the fonts Orplid, Mondial, Allegro
, and the heavier weight of Kuenstler Script
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After training at the Technische Lehranstalt in Offenbach, he began his professional career at the Ullstein Verlag in Berlin in 1914. From 1919 to 1930, he worked at Gebr. Klingspor. Afterwards he was a freelance graphic designer. He produced fonts and graphic arts for the Ludwig & Mayer foundry, a major German foundry, in the 1930s. In the 1950s, he produced the Kuenstler font for the D Stempel AG foundry.
Allegro (typeface)
Allegro is a display typeface that was designed by Hans Bohn for the Ludwig & Mayer type foundry in 1936. Its unusual design suggests both musical notes and stenciled letters. It was common in commercial design in the mid–20th Century, but is seldom used today. It is only available in a...
, and the heavier weight of Kuenstler Script
Kuenstler Script
Kuenstler Script is a formal script typeface. The primary weight was designed in 1902 by the in-house studio at the D Stempel AG foundry. Originally titled Künstlerschreibschrift which translates from German to English as handwriting of artists. The face is based on late nineteenth century English...
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After training at the Technische Lehranstalt in Offenbach, he began his professional career at the Ullstein Verlag in Berlin in 1914. From 1919 to 1930, he worked at Gebr. Klingspor. Afterwards he was a freelance graphic designer. He produced fonts and graphic arts for the Ludwig & Mayer foundry, a major German foundry, in the 1930s. In the 1950s, he produced the Kuenstler font for the D Stempel AG foundry.