Jakob Erbar (8 February 1878 – 7 January 1935) was a German professor of

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and a

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. Erbar trained as a typesetter for the Dumont-Schauberg Printing Works before studying under Fritz Helmut Ehmcke and Anna Simons. Erbar went on to teach in 1908 at the ''Städtischen Berufsschule'' and from 1919 to his death at the '' Kölner Werkschule''. His seminal '' Erbar series'' was one of the first

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typefaces, predating both Paul Renner's '' Futura'' and Rudolf Koch's '' Kabel'' by some five years.

Typefaces

Foundry types produced by Jakob Erbar:Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. ''The Encyclopedia of Type Faces.'' Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, , p. 2408-249

External links

Font Designer - Jakob ErbarMyFonts – Jakob Erbar

References

*Friedl, Ott, and Stein, ''Typography: an Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Throughout History.'' Black Dog & Levinthal Publishers: 1998. . *Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. ''The Encyclopedia of Type Faces.'' Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Erbar, Jakob German graphic designers German typographers and type designers 1878 births 1935 deaths