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An independently-invented matrix-engraving machine: The “Ludwig–Hofer pantograph”

Posted on 10 September 2021 in:
Page from: 1875–1925: Meinem Vater Jean Noé Carl Jakob Ludwig, dem Gründer der Firma Ludwig & Mayer Schriftgießerei zu Frankfurt a.M., zum 23. Dezember 1925 in Dankbarkeit gewidmet.

On the trail of Berlin’s typefoundries

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Victor Hammer and punchcutting

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Victor Hammer and Gebr. Klingspor

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Research results: Sans serif type in nineteenth-century Germany

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From Vienna to Philadelphia (and further afield, too): Halbfette Cursiv-Grotesque

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Lapidar, from Genzsch & Heyse (born 1874)

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Sanserif type in Germany in the nineteenth century: a preliminary survey

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Louis Hoell and the making of the Eckmannschrift

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Three copies of the Poem pamphlet 4: Louis Hoell and the making of the Eckmannschrift

Imperial-era Germany’s definitive heavy sans

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Freelance diary, week 6

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Freelance diary, week 5

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Freelance diary, week 4

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Freelance diary, week 3

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