Otto Erler

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Otto Erler German punchcutter, b. 1890, Leipzig, d. 1965, Leipzig. He worked for Brüder Butter in Dresden in 1921, and after that, until 1946, at Schelter & Giesecke. In 1946, he joined VEB Polygraph und from 1951 until 1957, he worked for VEB Typoart. After that, he joined the Institut für Buchgestaltung at the Hochschule für Graphik und Buchkunst. The typeface Erler Versalien (1953, Herbert Thannhaeuser) is named after him. Digital versions of Erler Versalien Erler Titling (2015, Ralph M. Unger) and Missale Incana (2004, Andreas Seidel).	EXTERNAL LINKS Otto Erler Klingspor Museum page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ German type scene ⦿

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