Johann Gottlieb Immanuel Breitkopf

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Johann Gottlieb Immanuel Breitkopf Printer, type designer and type cutter in Leipzig (b. 1719, Leipzig, d. 1794, Leipzig), who created over 400 different alphabets. Also known as Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf. Author of Ueber die Geschichte der erfindung der Buchdruckerkunst (Leipzig, 1779). Local download. Proben der Schriften in der Breitkopfischen Schriftgießerey zu Leipzig (1787, Leipzig) shows Breitkopf's specimens. Local download. Breitkopf designed Breitkopf Fraktur ca. 1760. Walden Font sells a version of this typeface, which was used for most of the 19th century. Dieter Steffmann's version is free. Helzel's version is sold by Fraktur.de. Breitkopf's simplified fraktur of the 1790s was revived in 1914 as Jean-Paul-Schrift, and was revived again around 2000 by Gerhard Helzel in digital form as Jean-Paul Fraktur. See also Breitkopf Fraktur Pro (2016, SoftMaker), URW Breitkopf Fraktur D by Ralph Unger, Jean Paul Fraktur (2021, Ralph Unger), and DS-Breitkopf-Fraktur (2001, Delbanco). Breitkopf is perhaps best known for his original music characters. Metal versions of Breitkopf Fraktur are at Stempel (1912), Klinkhardt (1912), Berthold (1919) and C.F. Rühl (1912). Ben Archer writes: Breitkopf Fraktur was the preferred Fraktur of the German Baroque period. With wider proportions and a lower x-height than its predecessors, this graceful gothic type was modelled on the Neudörffer-Andreä Fraktur that had been used by Albrecht Durer in several of his works. Samples: A, B, C. Klingspor link.	EXTERNAL LINKS Johann Gottlieb Immanuel Breitkopf [Designer info] Klingspor Museum page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Blackletter fonts ⦿ German type scene ⦿ Music fonts ⦿ Dieter Steffmann ⦿