Akademie der bildenden Künste Stuttgart

The Akademie der bildenden Künste Stuttgart has produced quite a few type designers in its history. The present report is from the book

For Schneidler, the best source is the book by Max Caflisch, Albert Kapr, Antonia Weiss, and Hans Peter Willberg entitled F.H. Ernst Schneidler Schriftentwerfer Lehrer Kalligraph SchumacherGebler, München, 2002.
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Walter Veit was the head of the printing lab (Setzerei-Werkstatt) from 1919-1950, and made Veit Antiqua.

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Walter Brudi headed the department for book design and typography from 1949-1973. His type designs are Brudi Mediaeval, Brudi Kursiv and Pan.

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J.V. Cissarz was one of the original teachers: he taught graphic arts and book design from 1905-1920. His (only?) typeface is Cissarz-Latein. The calligraphy is by Josef Weinheber.

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The most famous type designer, ever, in Stuttgart, is F.H.E. Schneidler, who was also a renowned calligrapher. He was head of the graphics division from 1920-1948.

Some of his typefaces are featured below.

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Amalthea (left) and Bayreuth (right).

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Buchdeutsch (left: Zierbuchstaben).

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Deutsch Roemisch Fett.

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Deutsch Roemisch Kursiv.

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Deutsch Roemisch.

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Die Zierde.

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Ganz Grobe Gotisch.

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Graphik.

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Halbfette Buchdeutsch.

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Halbfette Deutsch.

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Halbfette Schneidler Schwabacher.

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Juniperus Antiqua.

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Kontrast (left) and Legende (right).

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Schmalfetten Gotisch.

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Schneidler Antiqua.

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Schneidler Fraktur Zierbuchstaben.

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Schneidler Mediaeval (+halbfett, kursiv).

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Schneidler Schwabacher Initialen.

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Schneidler Untergrund.

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Schneidler Werk Latein.

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Schneidler Zierat.

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Suevia Fraktur Initialen.

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Zentenar Fraktur.

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Zentenar.

Contact

Luc Devroye
School of Computer Science
McGill University
Montreal, Canada H3A 2K6
lucdevroye@gmail.com
http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc