Georg Belwe (12 August 1878 – 1954) was a German type designer,

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Personal information

Belwe was born on 8 December 1878 in

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. He studied and later taught at the teaching institute of Königliches Kunstgewerbemuseum in his native Berlin.

Career

1900

In 1900, with Fritz Helmut Ehmcke and

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, he founded Steglitzer Werkstadt, a private press. This same year he joins the Kunstgewerbeschule as a teacher in Berlin.

1906

In 1906 he became head of typography department and the class for accurate drawing at the Leipzig

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Productions

Belwe has produced numerous works for publishing houses which include: *List *Reclam *Eugen Diederichs *Westermann

Publications

His publications include: *Albert Mundt "Georg Belwe und seine Klasse an der Königlichen Akademie für graphische Künste und Buchgewerbe" in "Archiv für Buchgewerbe" In June 1910.

Death

Belwe died in Ronneburg, Germany in 1954.

Fonts Designed by Georg Belwe

Belwe Roman Belwe Roman is a display typeface designed by Georg Belwe in 1907. The type has Old Style qualities, but short ascenders and very short descenders as well as calligraphic and Fraktur influences. Foundry Type ''Belwe Roman'' was originally cast ...

( Schelter & Giesecke Type Foundry, 1907) * Belwe Gotisch (1912) * Belwe Schrägschrift (1913) *

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(1914) * Wieland ( Schelter & Giesecke Type Foundry, 1926) * Fleischman ( L. Wagner Type Foundry, 1927), based on the eighteenth century designs of

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Schönschrift Mozart Georg Belwe (12 August 1878 – 1954) was a German type designer, typographer, graphic artist and teacher. Personal information Belwe was born on 8 December 1878 in Berlin, Germany. He studied and later taught at the teaching institute of ...

(1927) *

Shakespere Medaeval Georg Belwe (12 August 1878 – 1954) was a German type designer, typographer, graphic artist and teacher. Personal information Belwe was born on 8 December 1878 in Berlin, Germany. He studied and later taught at the teaching institute of ...

( Schelter & Giesecke Type Foundry, 1927–1929)

Sources

* Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. ''The Encyclopedia of Type Faces.'' Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983. . * Friedl, Ott, and Stein, ''Typography: an Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Throughout History.'' Black Dog & Levinthal Publishers: 1998. . * Macmillsn, Niel, ''An A-Z of Type Designers,'' Yale University Press, 2006.

References

1875 births 1954 deaths German graphic designers German typographers and type designers People from Berlin {{Germany-artist-stub