Harold Lohner (born 1958 in

Schenectady, New York Schenectady () is a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. As of the 2020 census, the city's population of 67,047 made it the state's ninth-largest city by population. The city is in eastern New Y ...

) is an American printmaker and

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and shareware

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. Lohner has designed over 100 typefaces, and has licensed some of his shareware designs to the

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Autumn Leaves. He has also digitised some analog

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fonts such as Block-Up. Lohner has designed many three-dimensional, geometric and decorative optical typefaces such as ''Good Vibes'', ''Atlas Solid'', ''Joggle'', ''Fortuna Dot'', ''Le Film Classic'', ''Pop Stars'', ''Onion'' and ''

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.'' In an alternative vein, ''Captain Howdy'', ''Mystic Prophet'' and ''Sideshow'' are a unique trio of typefaces based on type found on

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game boards. The

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s and

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s behind Lohner's work come from historical art and typography found in books, magazines, classic and nostalgic films titles, flea markets and online sources, which he interprets and puts his own unique stamp on. He has drawn several revivals of 20th century classics by

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, including ''Bride of the Monster'' (an interpretation of Koch's

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), ''Koch Dingbats'', ''Koch Quadrat'' and ''Koch Rivoli''. Lohner has been a significant aspect of the cultural life of the New York State Capital Region since his artwork first appeared in The Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region exhibition in 1978. His works have been subsequently featured or included in over 80 exhibitions, receiving a dozen honors and awards. Lohner is a native of the region and earned BA, MA, and MFA degrees from the

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. In 1982 he accepted a faculty position at

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and was Gallery Director there from 1985-1997. In 2002, Lohner transferred to

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. He is a member of

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and was named Professor of the Year in 2006. He currently teaches printmaking, artists’ books, and the freshman Visualization course. He is Coordinator of the Fine Arts program and is the faculty advisor for the Little Gallery. Lohner is a rare individual who has made significant contributions as an artist, mentor, and gallerist.''Harold Lohner: Gathering'' (2011) The Sage Colleges p.3. All but one of Harold Lohner's free downloadable fonts are

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format. He also offers his fonts in four collections on CD. Each contains over 60 fonts for Mac and Windows in TrueType and PostScript Type 1 formats.

References

External links

Official Website - Harold's Fonts
* ttps://www.rubineredgallery.com/haroldlohner Rubine Red Gallery Exhibition pagebr>''Harold Lohner, Drawin' men'' by Joseph Dalton

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20111019075945/http://www.sage.edu/opalka/asset/Lohner_Catalog_SP.pdf Catalogue from ''Harold Lohner: Gathering'' exhibition
Planete Typographie Article about Harold's ''National Archive'' font

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20051125233747/http://members.aol.com/hlohner/monoprints/monoprints.html Gallery of monoprints by Harold Lohner {{DEFAULTSORT:Lohner, Harold 1958 births Living people Independent type foundries American typographers and type designers Lohner