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Armin Haab

Swiss designer and photographer, b. 1919, Baar, d. 1991, Oberwil. He studied typography in Zug, and photography from 1941 until 1943 first at Ecole Photographique de la Suisse Romande in Lausanne and then at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich. He was mainly into photojournalism from 1950 until 1957.

Codesigner with Walter Haettenschweiler of the famous condensed headline typeface Haettenschweiler (1954). This font was added to the standard Microsoft font library in 1995 and is sold by Ascender.

In 1967, he designed the silhoueette alphabet Photo Letter Leonor.

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file name: Armin Haab Photo Letter Leonor 1964


file name: Walter Haettenschweiler Armin Haab Lettera3 Alphabet 1968


file name: Walter Haettenschweiler Armin Haab Haettenschweiler 1995


file name: Walter Haettenschweiler Armin Haab Haettenschweiler 1995c


file name: Walter Haettenschweiler Armin Haab Haettenschweiler 1995b







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