Hans Wagner

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Hans Wagner Type designer, b. 1894, München, d. 1977, Altenburg. His typefaces include Altenburger Gotisch (1928, a Fraktur font, Ludwig&Mayer), Welt (1931, Ludwig&Mayer, a slab serif family), Largo licht (1937 or 1939, Ludwig&Mayer; but Berthold gives the date 1950) and Wolfram (1930, Ludwig&Mayer, a heavy upright italic). Welt is called Landi by Nebiolo (they added Landi Linear and Landi Echo designed by A. Butti, 1939-1943), Ramses by Fonderie Française and Atlas by Lettergieterij Amsterdam. Digitizations of Largo exist at Scangraphic, at Castcraft (as OPTI Lagoon) and at URW++ (2001). Klingspor link.	EXTERNAL LINKS Hans Wagner Monotype link Klingspor Museum page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Blackletter fonts ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ German type scene ⦿

file name: Hans Wagner Largo 1937

file name: Hans Wagner Largo Open 1937

file name: U R W Largo

file name: U R W Largo 2001 after Hans Wagner Largo 1937 1939

file name: U R W Largo 2001 after Hans Wagner Largo 1937 1939b

file name: Scangraphic Largo E F 2004

file name: Hans Wagner Altenburg Gotisch 1928

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