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Heinz König

German type designer (b. Lüneburg, 1856, d. Lüneburg, 1937). After years in Braunschweig and Stuttgart, Heinz had contact with Genzsch&Heyse in Hamburg in 1881 and with Otto Hupp in 1887. After that, he returned to his home town to take over the printing business of his father. Brief bio by Harald Süß in 1999.

List of his fonts compiled by Harald Süß.

• Typefaces for J. D. Trennert: Alarm (1928), Wiking (1925: blackletter), Wiking licht (1927). Wiking Licht and Wiking Dunkel were revived digitally by Chiron in 2012 as TbC Wiking Licht and TbC Wiking Dunkel, and in 2019 by Ralf Herrmann as FDI Wiking.
• Typefaces for J. Klinkhardt: Rundine (1909), Rundine halbfett (1909), Askania, Askania halbfett (1910).
• Typefaces for Genzsch&Heyse: Segretario (before 1902), Superbia (1913), Renaissance Fraktur (1885; revived by Manfred Klein in 2005 as Münchner Fraktur and by Softmaker in 2016 as Renaissance Fraktur Pro), Renaissance Fraktur fett (1885), Deutsche Druckschrift (1888/1922; a revival under the same name was done by Petra Heidorn in 2004; the initials were done by König after drawing by Eduard Ege in München), Frappant (1913).
• Typefaces for Gebr. Klingspor: Falstaff (1906, a strong black titling face), König Antiqua (1905), König Antiqua fett (1906), Offenbacher Fraktur (1901), Reform Kursiv and Reform Kursiv halbfett (1904), Walthari (1899-1900, Jugendstil font originally done at the Rudhardsche Giesserei), Walthari halbfett (1901). A revival in 2008 by HiH named Waltari is here. Schmuckinitialen (2009, Ralph Unger) is also a revival. Walthari Initialen (Rudhardsche, ca. 1900) was revived by Ralph Unger in 2012 in his Initials RMU One.
• Typefaces for Schriftguss: Germania (1903), Germania halbfett (1903). Schnelle mentions that Germania was done for Aktiengesellschaft für Schriftgiesserei und Maschinenbau. Digital revival by Dieter Steffmann in 2001 under the same name.
• Typefaces for Emil Gursch: Koenig-Fraktur (1910-1915). This is also called Gursch Fraktur. A revival by Gerhard Helzel exists), Koenig-Fraktur halbfett, Koenig Schwabacher (1912-1913) and Koenig Schwabacher halbfett (1912), Koenig-Type (1903: revived by Gerhard Helzel; Wetzel and Die deutsche Schrift mention 1913), Koenig-Type halbfett (1906), Koenig-Type fett (1910), Koenig-Type eng (1908), Koenig-Type schmallfett (1908). Article about Koenig Type.
• Typefaces that ended up in the Linotype library: Heinz-Koenig schmallschrift (1927), Heinz-Koenig schmallschrift halbfett, Heinz-Koenig Setzm. Scans: Roemische Antiqua (1888), Schmalfett, Warm (1928), Heinz König Fraktur (1913), Heinz-Koenig Setzmaschinen Fraktur (+halbfett) (1913, originally Stempel). Dieter Steffmann offers a revival of Heinz Koenig (2002). Chiron has TbC Neue Roemische Antiqua (2012), based on Neue Roemische Antiqua (1924, Julius Klinkhardt).

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