Johannes Anton Hiero Rhode

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Johannes Anton Hiero Rhode German type designer, b. 1903 Nordhausen/Sachsen, d. 1954 Berlin. He made these typefaces: Humboldt Fraktur (1938, D. Stempel). Digitized by Gerhard Helzel, Delbanco (2001, as DS Humboldt Fraktur), and Dieter Steffmann (2002, as Humboldt Fraktur and Humboldt Fraktur Zier). It was named after the German researcher Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859). The concave-stroked Hiero Rhode Roman (J. Wagner, 1945). The italic version of that typeface is due to Karl Hans Walter in 1958 at Johannes Wagner. Berry, Johnson and Jaspert write: Calligraphic This type, mainly intended as a book face, and designed by Hiero Rhode, is characterised by concave strokes, which give it a slightly Chinese appearance. The variation in the thickness of strokes is especially apparent in the Bold; serifs are only lightly indicated. E and F have arms which extend over the vertical stroke. The g has a very large bowl and a short tail 96 (open in the light version of the type). Hiero Rhode Antiqua. This was revived in 2006 by Ari Rafaeli. Klingspor link.	EXTERNAL LINKS Johannes Anton Hiero Rhode [Designer info] Klingspor Museum page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Blackletter fonts ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ German type scene ⦿ Dieter Steffmann ⦿