Rafael Frank

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Rafael Frank Late nineteenth century, early twentieth century rabbinical scholar, teacher, and typographer, b. Ischenhausen bei Augsburg, 1867, d. Leipzig, 1920. His typeface Frank Rühl (or Frank Ruehl), designed in 1908, became the main Hebrew typeface of the 20th century. It was published by the C.F. Rühl Schriftgiesserei in Leipzig. He also designed the Hebrew typeface Mirjam (1919, published by Berthold in 1924). A digital version of Frank Rühl Hebräisch was done by Bitstream in 2002 as Frank Ruehl BT. Author of Über hebräische Typen und Schriftarten (1926, Berlin). Klingspor link.	EXTERNAL LINKS Rafael Frank [Designer info] MyFonts search Monotype search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Hebrew font links ⦿ German type scene ⦿

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