Martin Wilke

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Martin Wilke German type designer, b. Berlin, 1903, d. Berlin, 1993. He studied at Unterrichtsanstalt des Staatlichen Kunstgewerbemuseums Berlin in 1921. In 1923, he was hired by Atelier Wilhelm Deffke and later became an independent graphic designer. His typefaces include many scripts: Ariston, including Ariston and Ariston Fett styles. The ultra-black Ariston Extra was done in 1936. 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. Berolina (broad-tipped pen). Burgund (Schriftguss). A slightly inclined formal script. Caprice (1938-1939, Berthold). A formal script font. Diskus halbfett (1939-01940, Stempel). Diskus mager (1938, D. Stempel). See Disciple on the SoftMaker MegaFont XXL CD, 2002. Hutchings mentions the unlikely date 1955. Essentia (sans serif). Gladiola (1936, D. Stempel). An upright rather monotonous script. Halftone (decorative). 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. Moira (decorative). New Berolina (1965, Monotype), Palette (1950, Berthold). This brush typeface was ripped off by Bitstream as Brush 445 BT. Piccadilly (1968, Berthold). A script typeface. The transitional text typeface family Wilke (1988, Linotype). Wilke-Kursiv (1932, W. Woellmer). 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. On the genesis: in the middle of the 1920s, Wilke had designed a script typeface for the headlines of a series of Cadillac advertisements which had attracted the attention of the Wilhelm Woellmers foundry. That was the basis for Wilke Kursiv a few years later. Wilke Versalien (1933, W. Woellmer). Klingspor file. FontShop link. Linotype link. Catalog of some of his digital descendancy.	EXTERNAL LINKS Martin Wilke [Designer info] Monotype link Klingspor Museum page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Handwriting fonts ⦿ Brush script typefaces ⦿ Photo and film type era ⦿ German type scene ⦿