Eugen Nerdinger

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Eugen Nerdinger German type and graphic designer (b. 1910, Augsburg, d. 1991, Augsburg) who created this text family in 1945. Coauthor with Lisa Beck of Schriftschreiben Schriftzeichnen (1977, München) and Kalligraphie (1988, München). Older texts by him include Alphabete (1974, München), Zeichen, Schrift und Ornament (1960, Callwey, München), and Buchstabenbuch (1954, Callwey, München). Nerdinger was active in the German resistance against the Nazis and was arrested in 1942 by the Gestapo and convicted to three and a half years of prison and forced labor. After the war, he worked chiefly at the Augsburger Kunstschule. One of his alphabets led to Lola (2013, Laura Meseguer). The workhorse Newbery Sans Pro (2018, Alejandro Paul) and the skyline didone Rigatoni (2017, Alejandro Paul) are also based on Nerdinger's examples.	EXTERNAL LINKS Eugen Nerdinger Behance page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ German type scene ⦿ Books on type design ⦿ Skyline Typefaces ⦿ Modern style [Bodoni, Didot, Walbaum, Thorowgood, Computer Modern, etc.] ⦿