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Hans Helmut Matheis

German type designer (b. 1917, Speyer). MyFonts page. His typefaces, mostly, but not exclusvely, done at Ludwig&Mayer:

• The calligraphic, yet flowing Charme, originally from Ludwig&Mayer, 1957-1958. Digital versions by Adobe and Linotype. Softmaker's version is C721 Script.
• Slogan (1959), a connected script also done at Ludwig&Mayer. It is the bold version of Charme, but quite different from Nebiolo's Slogan. It is heavier, more coloured, and fully connected. Elvira Slysh created the Latin/Cyrillic extension Corrida (1989, Paratype). Digital versions by Elsner&Flake, Linotype, Softmaker (as Soledad and S760 Script), Corel (as Shogun), and URW (2003, by Ralph Unger, called Unger Script there).
• Primadonna (1956, a formal script, Ludwig&Mayer). The revival and expansion by Rebecca Alaccari of Canada Type is called Silk Script (2006).
• Matheis Mobil (1960, informal script, Ludwig&Mayer). Mobil was revived in 2005 at Canada Type as Rhino.
• Compliment (1965, a confident vertical script, Ludwig&Mayer). Johann Petersen's Kompliment (2003) is based on Compliment. And so is Ralph Unger's Compliment (2004, Profonts).
• Verona (1958-1959, script face, Genzsch&Heyse). Nearly upright script. Not to be confused with Verona from ATF and Stephenson Blake.
• Contact (1963, flowing script/brush) was digitized by Rebecca Alaccari at Canada Type in 2004 as Bruschetta. It was also revived by Ralph M. Unger in 2010 as Contact Pro.
• In 2010, at he age of 93, he designed Judo ND, a calligraphic typeface. Judo ND was digitized by Neufville's design staff.

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