Martin Wilke

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Martin Wilke German type designer, b. Berlin, 1903, d. Berlin, 1993. His typefaces include Diskus mager (1938, D. Stempel; see Disciple on the SoftMaker MegaFont XXL CD, 2002; incredibly, Hutchings mentions as date 1955), Diskus halbfett (1940, Stempel), New Berolina (1965, Monotype), the text typeface Wilke (1988), Wilke-Kursiv (1932, now known as Ambassador from Photo Lettering Inc; see also the superb digital extension by Jans van Maanen at Canada Type in 2013 called Wilke Kursiv), Ariston (1933-1934, Berthold, originally designed for Germany's top cigarette in 1932; Light appeared in 1933, Bold in 1934 and Medium in 1936, all at Berthold; copycats of Ariston include Agnes (2002, SoftMaker MegaFont XXL CD), Artistic (2010, SoftMaker), Arioso, Aristocrat (WSI), Aristus (URW), Canon, Alison (EFF), Jaclyn (SvG), Arian (Primafont), Fumarea (Greenstreet); see also here), Burgund (Schriftguss; a slightly inclined formal script), Caprice (1938-1939, Berthold; a formal script font), Gladiola (1936, D. Stempel, an upright rather monotonous script), Konzept (1968, D. Stempel: a felt-tipped pen; digital versions include Cougar (2006) by Canada Type and FontForum URW Konzept Pro (2005) by Ralph Unger at URW), Palette (1950, brush, Berthold; this was ripped off by Bitstream as Brush 445 BT), Piccadilly (1968, script, Berthold), Berolina (broad-tipped pen), Essentia (sans serif), Moira (decorative), Halftone (decorative). Klingspor file. FontShop link. Linotype link. Catalog of some of his digital faces.	EXTERNAL LINKS Martin Wilke [Designer info] MyFonts search Monotype search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Handwriting fonts ⦿ Brush script typefaces ⦿ Photo and film type era ⦿ German type scene ⦿