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Ludwig Wagner Schriftgiesserei

Leipzig-based foundry with designers such as

  • Alfons Schneider: Franken Deutsch (1934, blackletter), and Pergamon Antiqua (1937).
  • Albert Auspurg: Triumph (1930).
  • Wilhelm Krause: Professor-Krause-Fraktur (1930).
  • Arno Drescher: Arabella (1936), Arabella Favorit (1939), Fundamental Grotesk (1938-1939), Manutius Antiqua (1935), Manutius Kursiv (1935).
  • Georg Belwe: Fleischmann Antiqua (1927), Fleischmann Kursiv (1927), Schönschrift Mozart (1927).
Fonts produced include Acropolis (1940), Titanic (1926, for ads), Ella-Kursiv (1923), Original-Breitkopf-Fraktur mit Initialen (1921), Kupferstich Antiqua (1921), Zierschrift Excellenta (1920), Ella-Kursiv-Schrift (1920), Edel Grotesk (1920), Universal-Antiqua (1914). In 1960, the foundry was acquired by VEB Typoart.

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