Vladimir Andrich

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Vladimir Andrich Main type designer (b. 1915) at AlphaType in Niles, IL. Bitstream states: AlphaType Corporation, a family-owned company, was founded by Al and Beatrice Friedman in the mid-1960s to make high quality but inexpensive phototypesetters for advertising typographers. In 1981 Berthold acquired AlphaType. His typefaces: Allan (1978, Alphatype). American Gothic (Alphatype). A copperplate gothic based on Frederic Goudy's Copperplate Gothic from 1904. For a digital version, see URW's American Gothic. Andrich Minerva (1965, VGC). This typeface won Second Prize in the 1965 VGC National Type Face Design Competition. Beatrice Script (Alphatype). Claro (Alphatype). A Helvetica-style typeface. Contemp (Alphatype). Cremona in 1982 for Alphatype, now available at Berthold. A macho text typeface. Cremona is C820 in the Softmaker library. Magna Carta (1974, Alphatype). Vladimir Script (1966, Alphatype), a calligraphic script. Digital versions at URW++, Elsner & Flake and Linotype. Vladimir Script is called Violin Script in the Softmaker collection. MyFonts and Linotype refer to this designer as Vladimir Andrevich. Klingspor link.	EXTERNAL LINKS Vladimir Andrich [Designer info] Monotype link Klingspor Museum page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Calligraphic typefaces ⦿ Type scene in Illinois ⦿ Photo and film type era ⦿ Copperplate ⦿ Akzidenz Grotesk ⦿