The Ludwig Wagner Type Foundry was established in 1902 in
Leipzig after the veteran punch cutter
Ludwig Wagner
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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 facilities in East Leipzig suffered extensive bomb damage during World War II. In 1949, the company was given new facilities in the Southwestern part of Leipzig. Ludwig Wagner AG was incorporated into
Typoart
VEB Typoart was the only type foundry of East Germany. It was a state-owned enterprise ("Volkseigener Betrieb") located in Dresden. The foundry's most influential art directors were Herbert Thannhäuser (until 1963) and Albert Kapr (until 1987). ...
by the
East German government in 1960 and Wagner himself moved to the
German Federal Republic.
Typefaces
These foundry types were produced by the Wagner Type Foundryr:
[Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. ''The Encyclopedia of Type Faces.'' Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, , p. 2408-249]
*
Acropolis
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(1940)
* Electra, (
Carlos Winkow
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), digitized by
Font Bureau as ''
Romeo''
*
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(1927,
Georg Belwe), based on the eighteenth century designs of
Joan Michaël Fleischman
*
Florenz
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, (1960, Paul Zimmermann)
*
Gong, (1945,
Carlos Winkow
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 Nacional Typefoundry.
Fonts Designed by Carlos Winkow
* Elzevi ...
)
*
Industrie Antiqua, also sold by
Linotype (Frankfurt).
*
Reporter
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, (1938,
Carlos Winkow
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 Nacional Typefoundry.
Fonts Designed by Carlos Winkow
* Elzevi ...
), reissued as ''
Cursiva Rusinol'' by
Naçional
References
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Letterpress font foundries of Germany
Manufacturing companies based in Leipzig