Johnann Heinrich Schoensperger

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Johnann Heinrich Schoensperger Johnann or Johannes or Hans Schoensperger or Johann Schönsperger der Älte, was an early printer in Augsburg. Born ca. 1455, d. before 1521. He started his print shop in 1481 and dominated German printing in Augsburg until 1500. For Kaiser Maximilian I, he printed the beautiful Theuerdank (1517) and the blackletter Gebetbuch für den St.-Georgs-Orden. For both these books, he designed his own type. Sample page from 1517. Sample page of Gart der Gesundheit (1487). A font named after him, FF Schoensperger, was made by Manfred Klein as part of his package, which also includes FF Carolus Magnus, FF JohannesG, and FF Koberger. SchoenspergerCaps (2004) can be had for free at Manfred's site. His typeface for the prayer book of Maximilian I in 1514 served as example for an 1890 metal typeface at Genzsch and for the digital font Altdeutsch (2002-2006) by Hans J. Zinken.	EXTERNAL LINKS Johnann Heinrich Schoensperger MyFonts search Monotype search Google search INTERNAL LINKS History of type ⦿ Blackletter fonts ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Manfred Klein ⦿ German type scene ⦿

file name: Leonhard Wagner Johannes Schonsperger Gebetbuch Fraktur 1514

file name: Fraktur 1517 Hans Schoensperger Aus Dem Teuerdank

file name: Schoensperger 1517 Aus Dem Theuerdank Augsburg

file name: Hans J Zinken Altdeutsch 2002 2006

file name: Fraktur Druckschrift 1517 Johann Schoensperger

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