Peter Schnorr

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Peter Schnorr German artist and illustrator, ca. 1900. He collaborated at some point with Bruce Rogers on book design, e.g., for Houghton Mifflin. Designer of the blackletter typeface Augsburger Schrift (+Halbfette) (+Augsburger Initialen) (1901, Berthold AG; Seemann and Wetzig state 1903) and of the art nouveau display typeface Gezeichnete Schrift. Digital revivals: HiH published the blackletter faces Schnorr Dekorativ, Demi Bold and Initialen (2007), as well as Schnorr Gestreckt (2006), an art nouveau typeface initially done in 1898. See also Tom Wallace's Augsburger Schrift. The art nouveau typeface Schnorr Gestreckt was also the basis of Gert Wiescher's Modernista (2008). Gert himself added two weights to the original. Alan Prescott's New Ambrosia APT (1996) is also based on Schnorr Gestreckt. Ralph M. Unger revived Augsburger Initialen in his Initials RMU Two (2012). Scriptorium: Maginot (1993, David Nalle) is also strongly based on Schnorr Gestreckt. Scans of several of his art nouveau faces. Klingspor link.	EXTERNAL LINKS Peter Schnorr [Designer info] MyFonts search Monotype search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Blackletter fonts ⦿ German type scene ⦿ Art Nouveau typefaces ⦿