Heinrich Wieynck
German type designer (b. Barmen, 1874, d. Saarow, 1931) principally associated with the Bauersche Giesserei. In 1914 he became a Professor at the Akademie für Kunstgewerbe in Dresden. Before that he lived mainly in Berlin. He designed - Belvedere (1906-1907, Bauersche Giesserei). An art nouveau / fin-de-siècle typeface that was digitally revived by Ralph M. Unger in 2020 as RMU Belvedere.
- Kolumbus and Kolumbus Eng (1905-1906, W. Gronau)
- Mercedes Antiqua, Kursiv and Antiqua Halbfett in 1904, 1905 and 1906 respectively, at Wilhelm Woellmer
- Trianon (1905, Bauersche Giesserei) and Trianon Licht (1909, Bauersche). For a digital revival, see Ralph Unger's RMU Trianon (2020), which under pressure from Production Type, was quickly renamed RMU Trifels.
- Phyllis (1911, Bauersche Giesserei): a clean old-fashioned rounded script font. Digital versions: Phyllis (Linotype), Phyllis (URW++), Phyllis EF (Elsner+Flake), Phyllis SB (Scangraphic Digital Type Collection), Phyllis FS (Fontsite), Philadelphia (Softmaker). This typeface is also called Wieynck Kursio or Wieynck Cursive.
- Wieynck-Fraktur (1912) and Wieynck-Fraktur Halbfett (1913), both at the Bauersche Giesserei. Revived in 2002 by Dieter Steffmann, who also made Wieynck Vignetten). Also revived commercially by Ralph M. Unger as Wieynck Fraktur (2019).
- Wieynck Gotisch (1926, Schriftguss; revived by Gerard Helzel in 2001; see also Wieynck Gotisch in 2018 by Ralph M. Unger), Wieynck Werkschrift (1930, Schriftguss), Wieynck Gotisch Licht (1929, Schriftguss)
- Wieynck Kanzlei (1926, D. Stempel)
- Wieynck Mediaeval (1928) and Wieynck Mediaeval Kursiv (1929), at Otto Weisert.
- Woellmer Antiqua (1907), Woellmer Kursiv (1907) and Woellmer Antiqua Halbfett (1908), all at Wilhelm Woellmer.
Biography by Harald Süß (Die deutsche Schrift, 2002). Picture. Klingspor link. Digital versions of Phyllis.
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