Hans Brehmer

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Hans Brehmer [Henry Brehmer] Type designer, b. 1840 Magdeburg, Germany. He went to the USA in 1865 to work at James Conner&Sons, and then moved on to other foundries, all in New York. He was for some time located in Stapleton, NY> Aka Henry Brehmer. His typefaces: At Conner: Sideographic (Shaded 1872, Ornate 1879). At Bruce Type Foundry (between 1876 and 1885): Ornamented Black No. 543, Ornamented No. 1053, Ornamented No. 1057, Ornamented No. 1067, Ornamented No. 1076, Ornamented No. 1078, Ornamented No. 1079, Ornamented No. 1080, Ornamented No. 1081, Ornamented No. 1082, Ornamented No. 1084, Ornamented No. 1085, Ornamented No. 1086, Ornamented No. 1091, Ornamented No. 1540, Ornamented No. 1553, Ornamented No. 1557, Ornamented No. 1559, Ornamented No. 1560, Ornamented No. 1562, Priscilla, Sarah, Shaded 1067, Shaded 1076, Shaded 1079, Shaded 1553. At Dickinson Type Foundry, he designed Renaissant (ca. 1879). That typeface was digitally revived by Paul Smith in 2012 as Ressonant. At Lindsay Type Foundry (1888-1890): Alma, Caroline, Crayonette (revived by David Jonathan Ross in 2017 as Crayonette; Crayonette is based on Hermann Ihlenburg's Crayon, 1886), Elizabeth, Frances, Gretchen, Irene, Julie (1868, a decorative Western / Victorian typeface called Eclair by Dan X. Solo; revived in 2010 by Toto as K22 Eclair), Katherine, Marguerite, Maria, Martha, Mathilde. Patent office link.	EXTERNAL LINKS Hans Brehmer Klingspor Museum page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ German type scene ⦿ Type scene in New York ⦿ Western fonts ⦿ Victorian typefaces ⦿ Typefaces that emulate crayons ⦿