Alfred Riedel

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Alfred Riedel Type designer in Freiburg (b. Waldkirch, 1906; d. Freiburg, 1969) who was a pupil of Rudolf Koch, and studied at the Badischen Landeskunstschule in Karlsruhe. He designed books for Verlag Herder from 1935 onwards. His typefaces include the fat face Domino (Ludwig&Mayer, 1954). A digital revival was created by Nick Curtis in 2007, called Idle Fancy NF. His typefaces Adamas and Adamas Unziale (1963, for Herder Verlag) were made into a phototype by Monotype. Sample of blackletter calligraphy.	EXTERNAL LINKS Alfred Riedel [Designer info] Klingspor Museum page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ German type scene ⦿ Nick Curtis ⦿ Blackletter fonts ⦿ Photo and film type era ⦿ Uncial typefaces ⦿

file name: Alfred Riedel calligraphy Freiburg 1906 1969 pupilof Rudolf Koch

file name: Alfred Riedel Domino 1954

file name: Alfred Riedel Adamas 1963

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