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George Salter
[Georg Salter]
Georg Salter was a German graphic designer and illustrator, b. Bremen, 1897. After studies at Kunstgewerbeschule Berlin-Charlottenburg, he worked in Berlin as a book designer. In 1934, he emigrated to the United States and changed his first name to George. He became famous for his book jackets. Designer of the ribbon type Flex at Lettergieterij Amsterdam in 1937. He lived mainly in New York, where he died in 1967. Reference: Juergen Holstein: Georg Salter Bucheinbände und Schutzumschläge aus Berliner Zeit 1922--1934, (Berlin 2003). In 2021, Lucas Sharp created Salter Italic, which was inspired by the book jacket calligraphy of Georg Salter for The Transposed Heads (Thomas Mann, Alfred A. Knopf), published in 1941. Biography of George Salter by Sara Kratzok and Devyani Parameshwar. |
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