Peter A. Demeter was a German designer at the

Weber Typefoundry C.E. Weber was a German type foundry established in 1827 in Stuttgart. Noted designers working for the foundry included Georg Trump, and Ernst Schneidler. The foundry closed in 1970; some designs passed to the Johannes Wagner Type Foundry, others ...

Fonts Designed

* Demeter (1922, Schriftguss Type Foundry, later

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). ...

) This is one of a few German faces BB&S in Chicago received in exchange for rights to the Cooper types. * Demeter Schraffiert (1922, Schriftguss Type Foundry * Dresden, decorative face, for Schriftgus A.G. Dresden, cut by

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in 1925, 12-30pt * Fournier (1922, probably Schriftguss Type Foundry, later

) * Holländisch (1922 - 1926,

), shaded roman capitals in regular, bold, and extended. * Pearl Fournier (1922, probably Schriftguss Type Foundry). In Germany this is known as Geperlte FournierJaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson, ''The Encyclopedia of Type Faces.'' Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, , p. 174. and called Dresden when it was later published by BB&S in Chicago.

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