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Karl Klauß

German type designer, b. 1888, Maichingen, d. 1956, Stuttgart. He was trained as a designer in a graphic arts institution in Stuttgart, then became the house graphic artist and artistic director of Verlagsanstalt Tyrolia from 1915 to 1916 and from 1919 to 1925. Designer of these typefaces at Genzsch&Heyse>:

• The script typeface Adagio (Genzsch&Heyse 1935, Bauersche Giesserei, 1953).
• Arkona (1935, Berthold; +fett). See Argentine on the SoftMaker MegaFont XXL CD, 2002, or Ark by Primafont.
• Horizontale (1942).
• Klauß-Kursiv (1956-1958). A fifties diner script. Revival as P22 Klauss Kursiv (2018, Parick Griffin for P22).

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