Walter Höhnisch

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Walter Höhnisch Type designer born in Dresden in 1906, who lives in Lehre-Flechtorf near Braunschweig. He worked at the Ludwig&Mayer Type Foundry as type designer from 1930-1971. Klingspor link. Linotype page. His typefaces: Antiqua die Schlanke (1938-1939), a modern family. Has Halbfett (1936), Fett (1938), Kursiv (1939). Candida Italic (Kursiv, Kursiv fett) (1937: an italic to accompany Erbar's Candida from 1936), Candida Schmalmager (1957). Digital versions by Bitstream, URW, Tilde, Scangraphic, Elsner&Flake, Monotype, Adobe, Paratype and Linotype. Express (1957): a brush typeface extended to Cyrillic in 2002 by Natalya Vasilyeva). Fette National (1934). This Schaftstiefelgrotesk or Gotische Grotesk wasmade in stages: National (1934), National schräg (1937), National Werk-Garnitur (1938), National halbfett (1934), National fett (1934), National schmalmager (1937), National schmalhalbfett (1933), National licht (1935). For a digital revival, see Christoph Schwedhelm's Fette National (2013). Hallo Kursiv (1959, Ludwig&Mayer). National (1933-1934, Ludwig&Mayer). This Schaftstiefelgrotesk or Gotische Grotesk was made in stages: National (1934), National schräg (1937), National Werk-Garnitur (1938), National halbfett (1934), National fett (1934), National schmalmager (1937), National schmalhalbfett (1933), National licht (1935). Gotisch-National Werkschsrift (1934). For a digital revival, see Christoph Schwedhelm's Fette National (2013). Skizze (1935; aka Sketch?): this script was done at Ludwig&Mayer. Slender (1939). Stop (1939): a fat brush face. Tempo (1930).	EXTERNAL LINKS Walter Höhnisch [Designer info] MyFonts search Monotype search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Blackletter fonts ⦿ Brush script typefaces ⦿ German type scene ⦿