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Julius Kirn

Born in 1909 in Stuttgart, Germany. In 1938, Julius Kirn designed these typefaces:

  • Oleander (at Genzsch&Heyse). This was was digitally revived and expanded as Rostrum (2005, Rebecca Alaccari, Canada Type).
  • Bison (1935-1938, C. E. Weber). This brush script typeface was also released at Johannes Wagner. Bison's digital revivals: B731-Deco-Regular (SoftMaker), Blizzard Standard (URW), Fontbank Sprite, Bitstream Brush 738, WSI Handybrush, Berthold Bison, RMU Bison (2020, Ralph M. Unger), Softmaker Bluff and Bluff No2 (2012-2019, Softmaker).

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file name: Bitstream Brush738 after Julius Kirn Bison 1938


file name: Soft Maker Bluff No2 2012 after Julius Kirn Bison 1938 289915 002


file name: Soft Maker Bluff No2 2012 after Julius Kirn Bison 1938


file name: Julius Kirn Oleander 1938b


file name: R M U R M U Bison 2020 358696


file name: R M U R M U Bison 2020


file name: Julius Kirn Bison1938







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